Preserving Iraq's Rich Cultural Heritage
We had to destroy the temple to save it.
U.S. Base Damages Ancient Babylonian Temple
from Morning Edition, Thursday , June 24, 2004
Camp Alpha, a U.S. military base in Iraq, was built directly on top of the ancient temple area of Babylon. The base's location was chosen to protect the archeological site from looters. Instead, the base has resulted in damage that some antiquities experts characterize as "horrifying." Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and archeologist John Russell.
To protect the site, we used bulldozers.
[Via Chuck Jones of the Iraq Crisis mail list.]
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