Libya's Ancient Sites Are Now Under Threat From The Islamic State

The ancient theatre at Sabratha, one of the sites under threat from ISIS militants. Duimdog

Jack Moore, Newsweek: The Ancient Sites Now Under Threat From ISIS in Libya



Armed with sledgehammers, chisels and a video camera, ISIS militants took their propaganda campaign to Mosul museum last month, destroying statues and artifacts, dating back to the ancient Assyrian and Akkadian empires, and posting the results online and in slow motion.



The terror group’s impetuous destruction of statues and artefacts in Iraq’s second city, which it has controlled since its march across the Sunni-majority northern regions of Iraq last summer, has caused dismay within the archaeological community.



WNU Editor: And considering what is happening to Iraq's and Syria's ancient sites .... these concerns are justified.