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\nBefore and after pictures of the Temple of Bel, Palmyra, Syria<\/center><\/p>\n
Remember the Buddhas of Bamiyan<\/a><\/em>? You know, that World Heritage Site containing ancient statues of Buddah in central Afghanistan that was destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 because they found the statues \u201coffensive\u201d to Islam?<\/p>\n Anyone wanna guess what ISIS recently did? Yep \u2013 the same thing. <\/p>\n This time it was the Temple of Bel<\/a><\/em> in Palmyra, Syria that was deemed \u201coffensive\u201d to Islam and destroyed. Last month, the temple building and some of its close colonnade were blown to bits by ISIS\/ISIL\/whatever that goat-fornicating band of barbaric Islamic extremists is calling themselves today. <\/p>\n Other ancient sites at Palmyra were also damaged or destroyed. This includes the destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin, which like the Buddhas of Bamiyan had been designated a World Heritage Site. <\/p>\n These are hardly the only sites of historical or archaeological importance destroyed by ISIS\/ISIL\/whatever. The Wikipedia article on the subject<\/em><\/a> gives a reasonably good rundown.<\/p>\n