Temple of Baal Arch in London’s Trafalgar Square

The historic grounds of Trafalgar Square shared it’s space with a brand new antiquity, as the unveiling of a newly constructed life-sized model of the Arch of Baal, replicated after the one that once stood in Syria but was utterly destroyed by ISIS.

Mayor Boris Johnson of London unveiled the piece on Tuesday, as crowds gathered in the square and on the steps leading to the National Gallery.

“Syria’s future depends on the conservation and protection of Syria’s past,” Mr. Johnson said. Calling the Islamic State’s actions in the Middle East “savage” and “nihilistic,” he said that the celebration was “in solidarity with the people of Syria” and in “defiance of the barbarians” who destroyed the original arch.

The replica arch was built as part of a project by the Institute for Digital Archaeology, a joint initiative that works with Oxford, Harvard and the Museum of the Future in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, to draw attention to the destruction of cultural artifacts across the world, and to rebuild some pieces.

Truth and Action discussed earlier the conflict of the recreation of this monument to a pagan god, Baal, stating: “… the upcoming displays planned for New York and London next month is (sic) a bit of a conundrum. Last year, the Islamic State or ISIS destroyed a 2,000 year old temple in Palmyra, Syria, because it represented a cultural history that conflicts with their beliefs and religious ethics. Now, in a gesture of defiance, Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and Dubai’s Museum of the Future are joint venturing on a project to restore some of the lost architecture as a “gesture of defiance” to ISIS. But considering the historical background and cultural meaning of what ISIS destroyed, could it be that they were correct in removing an icon that represents a cultural abomination?

So does this really slap ISIS in the face or has the west invited a abominable pagan god into her midst?

Source: Now the End Begins