Antiquities Coalition Releases “Culture Under Threat” Map
January 23, 2016
Antiquities Coalition Releases “Culture Under Threat” Map
January 23, 2016
The Antiquities Coalition has recently released a very upsetting map (PRESS RELEASE). “To provide graphical representation of cultural crimes committed by ISIS and other violent extremist organizations in the region, the Antiquities Coalition has created the Culture Under Threat Map, which tracks instances of deliberate targeting of cultural heritage for destruction in the Middle East and North Africa…. The Culture Under Threat Map currently shows nearly 700 heritage sites throughout the 22 states of the Arab League — 209 UNESCO World Heritage and Tentative List Sites (34 of which are in Iraq and Syria), 230 damaged or destroyed sites, and 277 museums.”
PDF of the article here