New York Times photographer Bryan Denton recently traveled to Palmyra, Syria and brought back photographic evidence of what remains after ISIS took control of the region a year ago. According to Denton, “In that time, the Islamic State destroyed some of the remains of a civilization that 2,000 years ago was a mix of Roman, Persian and local cultures. Where Palmyra’s impressive Temple of Bel once stood, only a single stone archway was left to frame a rectangle of blue sky above the arid desert about 160 miles northeast of Damascus, the capital.” One of the Syrian militiamen remarked to Denton that the “ruins have been ruined.”
There is a slight silver-lining as Denton reports that “despite the Islamic State’s efforts, many of the ancient sites in Palmyra were undamaged.”
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