Numerous archaeological sites in Syria are being systematically targeted for clandestine excavations by well organized and often armed groups. Excavated archaeological objects of cultural significance make a lucrative trade for unscrupulous dealers operating both locally and internationally.

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Some archaeological evidence exists.

Fascinating archaeological sites to explore!

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Sometimes, new monuments are erected.

Monuments compose the body of a nation on display.

Monuments move back and forth.

What does it need the old architectural monuments for?

Your deeds are your monuments.

They are in cemeteries of the period all across the U.S. and Canada.

So, one of the things that I love to do is travel around the world and look at archaeological sites.

The idea makes me recollect the monements of J.Stalin's era...

Major skyscrapers and landmarks disappear overnight.

Sometimes, old monuments return to their original spots.

Sometimes, monuments are in absentia, like professors on sabbatical.

It is protected by the state The Monuments of Architecture in Khabarovsk.

Some of the first archeological research on the old city site was conducted by Alexander Yakubovsky in 1929.

Historic monuments are being bulldozed everywhere in China in the name of development.

The cities' magnificent architectural and historic landmarks attract crowds of tourists daily.

However, virtually all the antiquities of Safed were destroyed by earthquakes.

More than 100,000 people have died, and many of the world s cultural and archaeological treasures have been demolished.

Reaction in Japan to the agreement has generally been positive.

Physical monuments aren't the only bridge the city has to its past.

All older monuments in the country are devastated in most humiliating ways, while whole squads of guards from private security agencies hired with public money defend the new monuments by Gruevski's regime.

The protocols never mention names, but they give the number of those who were shot on a specific date, classified by gender, e.g. 20 men, seven women.

The Memorial Society meticulously compared their archeological findings with the shooting protocols kept in the KGB's archives.

By looking at monuments, we feel how a nation state affirms its continuity.

The two activists also visited each others' religious centers and cultural monuments.

These massive plants are protected under the All Russia Trees are the monuments of living nature programme.

Throughout the past two decades, many historical landmarks have given way to redevelopment projects.

The interior contains numerous interesting monuments, including one of Peter Vischer's masterpieces.

Islamic monuments, including some of Timbuktu s glories, were destroyed.

Ananian problem (some results and objectives of its resolution) Monuments of Volga Kama ancient history.

When the water level fell, many archaeological artifacts were found, 2000 years of age and older (some as old as the early Bronze Age).

As generations pass, monuments evolve from a medium of mourning to instruments of education.

This part of the town has preserved about 115 houses, monuments of culture.

Sites situated near the borders are, in general, more susceptible to being targeted by looters who take advantage of their location to quickly and illegally export artefacts out of Syria. On the condition of museums, the damage assessment of museums page notes

In some cases, monuments are erected not on the former murder sites, as in Germany, but near them.

Stalin s body was removed from Red Square, Stalin monuments were destroyed, and cities restored their original Soviet names.

Unlike Soviet era monuments that are being torn down in some countries, monuments to Gagarin, on the contrary, are spreading across the planet .

Tretyakov Gallery, Church of the Holy Martyr Clement Pope of Rome, museums, libraries, monuments and other sights ended up within the pedestrian zone.

Yet, while preserving this part of the country's cultural heritage, the authorities in Uzbekistan have destroyed many architectural monuments of the Soviet period.