Iraqi officials fear that the ancient monuments can be destroyed by militants Islamic State

Iraqi officials fear that the ancient monuments can be destroyed by militants Islamic State

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In September, UNESCO has published the information that extremists are destroying the ancient Assyrian palaces, Christian churches and shrines

CAIRO, October 16. The Iraqi authorities have sounded the alarm that many ancient civilizations risk the same fate as devastated at the time the Taliban in Afghanistan Buddha statues.

According to the director of the museum complex Hussein Falih, a unique city of Babylon was threatened with destruction by militants of the Islamic state (IG), which are just 60 km from the city. A few months ago, a suicide bomber attacked a check point near the archaeological excavations carried out – just 160 meters from the summer palace of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar. Then, killing dozens of people, ancient objects miraculously unharmed.

Babylon, the city of ancient Mesopotamia, the first in the history of civilizations metropolis was founded no later than the III millennium BC Now he was on the outskirts of the modern city of Hillah (Babil provincial capital). Many objects of the town had been restored in its original form in the era of Saddam Hussein, turning Babylon into one of the most exciting and memorable attractions of the country.

Destruction of antiquities

Back in September, UNESCO has published the information that extremists are destroying the ancient Assyrian palaces, Christian churches and shrines. In addition, at auction in the European and Asian capitals often emerge out of the country illegally exported artifacts whose age can exceed two thousand years. “And the proceeds from the sale of these monuments are often used to finance terrorist activities”, – said the director of the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad Qais Hussein Rashid.

Archaeological excavations in Iraq

In the modern era of Iraq’s archaeological excavations in the country suffered great losses, first under Saddam had destroyed most of the old foundations of buildings, which were built on the site of recent copies of the city walls. After the overthrow of the president and another war of the country have been illegally moved thousands of ancient artifacts from different historical periods.

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