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Shaheen , Kareem and Ian Black . “ Beheaded Syrian scholar refused to lead ISIS to hidden Palmyra antiquities .” The Guardian , 19 August 2015 . https :// www . theguardian . com / world / 2015 / aug / 18 / isis-beheads-archaeologist-syria . Accessed March 23 , 2017 .
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“ The destruction of Palmyra by ISIS .” CBS News . http :// www . cbsnews . com / pictures / palmyra-destruction-temple-bel-triumph-arch-isis-before-after / 5 /
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Andrew Roth . “ Russian drone shows extent of the damage to Palmyra ’ s Roman amphitheater .” Washington Post 13 February 2017 . https :// www . washingtonpost . com / news / worldviews / wp / 2017 / 02 / 13 / russian-drone-shows-extent-of-the-damageto-palmyras-roman-amphitheater /? utm _ term =. 9569332f1f29 ; “ UNESCO Director-General condemns destruction of the Tetrapylon and severs damage to the Theatre in Palmyra , a UNESCO World Heritage site .” UNESCO 20 January 2017 . http :// whc . unesco . org / en / news / 1620 /
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Menngqi Sun . “ Recaptured by ISIS , ancient Palmyra loses two more monuments to antiquities destruction .” The Christian Science Monitor , January 20 , 2017 . Accessed March 3 , 2017 . http :// www . csmonitor . com / World / Middle-East / 2017 / 0120 / Recaptured-by-ISIS-ancient-Palmyra-loses-two-more-monuments-to-antiquities-destruction ; Arraf , Jane . “ Islamic State seeking to ‘ delete ’ entire cultures , UNESCO chief warns in Iraq .” The Christian Science Monitor . 8 November 2014 . http :// www . csmonitor . com / World / Middle-East / 2014 / 1108 / Islamic-State-seeking-to-delete-entire-cultures-UNESCOchief-warns-in-Iraq
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“ What is ‘ Islamic State ’?” BBC News . 2 December 2015 . Accessed March 31 , 2017 . http :// www . bbc . com / news / worldmiddle-east-29052144 . For April 6 , 2017 airstrike , see Sengupta , Somini , Niel MacFarquhar , and Jennifer Steinhauer . “ Live Briefing : U . S . Airstrikes in Syria : Fallout Around the World .” The New York Times , 7 April 2017 . Accessed 7 April 2017 . https :// www . nytimes . com / 2017 / 04 / 07 / us / politics / trump-syria-airstrikes . html ? hp & action = click & pgtype = Homepage & clickSource = story-heading & module = b-lede-package-region & region = top-news & WT . nav = top-news &_ r = 0
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“ Destroying Cultural Sites : Something ISIL and US Army Have in Common .” Sputnik International , November 3 , 2015 . Accessed May 3 , 2017 . https :// sputniknews . com / middleeast / 201503111019334234 /
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Paul Martin . “ US army was told to protect looted museum .” The Guardian , April 20 , 2003 . Accessed May 3 , 2017 https :// www . theguardian . com / world / 2003 / apr / 20 / internationaleducationnews . iraq ; Ann Talbot . “ US government implicated in planned theft of Iraqi artistic treasures .” World Socialist Web Site , April 19 , 2003 . Accessed May 3 , 2017 http :// www . wsws . org / en / articles / 2003 / 04 / loot-a19 . html
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Matthew Bogdanos , Thieves of Baghdad , p . 274 .
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This exhibit was visited by the author on April 9 , 2017 . Also see Simons , Marlise . “ Damaged by War , Syria ’ s Cultural Sites Rise Anew in France .” New York Times 31 December 2016 . Accessed 23 March 2017 .
43 http :// www . pennchc . org / page / syria ; https :// global . si . edu / projects / safeguarding-heritage-syria-and-iraq-shosi
44 http :// whc . unesco . org / en / events / 1350 /
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In cases such as Palmyra , it can be very dangerous for experts to be able to enter the site to inspect the damage because ISIS rigged the area with explosives . The drone cameras were sent into Palmyra by a Syrian group called Iconem , founded by architect Yves Ubleman , who is hoping to use the footage to share the beauty of the city with more people as well as to prepare for restoration of the site in the future ; “ The effort to save Syria ’ s Palmyra gets help from a drone and an algorithm .” PRI ’ s The World , 03 January 2017 . https :// www . pri . org / stories / 2017-01-03 / effort-save-syria-s-palmyra-gets-help-droneand-algorithm . Accessed 23 March 2017 ; Simons , Marlise . “ Damaged by War , Syria ’ s Cultural Sites Rise Anew in France .” New York Times 31 December 2016 . Accessed 23 March 2017 .
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“ The effort to save Syria ’ s Palmyra gets help from a drone and an algorithm .” PRI ’ s The World , 03 January 2017 . https :// www . pri . org / stories / 2017-01-03 / effort-save-syria-s-palmyra-getshelp-drone-and-algorithm . Accessed 23 March 2017 .
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