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Iraq: IS militants blow up 10th century Assyrian monastery
The Islamic State (Isis) has blown up a 10th century Chaldean Catholic church north of Mosul and bulldozed a nearby graveyard, according to sources.St George's Monastery near Mosul [Credit: Wikimapia/josefhadi]Nineveh Yakou , Assyrian Archaeologist and Director of Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Affairs at A Demand for Action, ex…
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South Asia: Sri Lanka's damaged heritage
The reclining Buddha statue in Danagirigala, Sri Lanka now only has one eye. Treasure hunters pulled out the other one. The stone pillow on which the Buddha rests his golden, curly-haired head has a hole in it.The reclining Buddha at Danagirigala, Sri Lanka which lost an eye and suffered other damage in 2005 [Credit: Department of…
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UK: Call for Stonehenge access ban to prevent damage
Conservationists have called for the closing of Stonehenge, the popular tourist attraction and monument that is several thousand years old, on the Summer and Winter solstice due to the damage caused by visitors on these days.The heritage group claim the damage is "only the tip of a large pile of vandalism" over the last few years …
