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ISIS destroy ancient temple in Palmyra using dynamite as jihadi group continue their destruction of Syria's heritage
By Jay Akbar and Tom Wyke

ISIS thugs used dynamite to destroy the ancient temple of Baalshamin
The beautifully preserved temple had been there for nearly 2,000 years
The news comes after the demolition of the ancient Mar Elian monastery

ISIS militants have reportedly used dynamite to destroy an ancient temple situated in the Syrian archaeological site of Palmyra.

The Baalshamin temple had stood at the site for nearly 2,000 years and was considered one of the best preserved temple on the site.

Meaning 'Lord of Heaven', the temple was dedicated to the ancient pagan god of Baal.


Activists from the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that the temple of Baalshamin (pictured before its destuction) had been destroyed, suggesting it may have been dynamited one month ago


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Palmyra's Baalshamin temple 'blown up by IS'

Ancient city of Palmyra

Unesco World Heritage Site, known as Pearl of the Desert
Site contains monumental ruins of great city, once one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world from the 1st and 2nd Centuries
Its art and architecture combines Greco-Roman techniques with local traditions and Persian influences
More than 150,000 tourists visited Palmyra every year before Syrian conflict
Site boasts a number of monumental projects, over 1,000 columns, and a formidable necropolis of over 500 tombs

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That's so sad. That site was one of the most famous in Syria, and the remains were so beautiful. Daesh are like Orcs in the Lord of the Rings : beauty-haters.

Piling wrote:That's so sad. That site was one of the most famous in Syria, and the remains were so beautiful. Daesh are like Orcs in the Lord of the Rings : beauty-haters.

Why did not anyone stop the Islamic State ?

Similar to Kobani

Nobody stopped Islamic State from reaching and entering Kobani

Next thing that will happen will be America blowing up Palmyra in order to destroy the Islamic State

BBC News

Islamic State photos 'show Palmyra temple destruction'

Islamic State (IS) has published images of what appears to be the destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria.

The photos showing militants rigging the temple with explosives and a large explosion were circulated by the jihadist group's supporters.

Syrian officials and activists said on Sunday that it had been blown up.

The UN's cultural organisation said the deliberate destruction of Syria's cultural heritage was a war crime.

Unesco's director-general, Irina Bokova, accused IS of seeking to "deprive the Syrian people of its knowledge, its identity and history".

She also expressed outrage at the beheading last week of Khaled al-Asaad, the retired chief archaeologist at Palmyra, who refused to co-operate with IS.

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