The damaged ruins of Palmyra underscore the cultural cost of Syria's war

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: The damaged ruins of Palmyra underscore the cultural cost of Syria's war
Page: 20
Author:  Jared Malsin
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Questions
1. Where is the ancient temple of Bel located?
2. About when was Palmyra built?
3. When did ISIS militants conquer Palmyra?
4. When did ISIS militants destroy the Temple of Bel?
5. Why did ISIS militants destroy the Temple of Bel?
6. What other temple did ISIS militants destroy?
7. What did ISIS militants destroy that they looted from Palmyra?
8. What is the name of the antiquities scholar who was killed by ISIS militants?
9. Who has been able to photograph the destruction of Palmyra as of April 2016?
10. How long has the civil war been going on in Syria?
11. How many of Syria's UNESCO World Heritage Sites have been destroyed?
12. Have jihadists been the only ones doing the destruction to these sites?
13. What monument did the Syrian Government bomb?
14. What is the name of the 12th century crusader castle west of Homs?
15. What was destroyed in April of 2013?

Reference
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