Archaeology heartbreak: How precious ancient sites of Islamic world are being destroyed

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Archaeology heartbreak: How precious ancient sites of Islamic world are being destroyed

ARCHAEOLOGICAL sites around the Islamic world are being lost to extremist groups and construction works, an archaeologist revealed.
By Joel Day
PUBLISHED: 12:29, Mon, May 11, 2020 | UPDATED: 12:30, Mon, May 11, 2020
      
 
Many pieces of ancient history within the Islamic world have long been considered unsalvageable. A combination of extremist groups in North Africa and the Middle East destroying remnants of the past, and construction works around Holy Sites, have resulted in thousands of years of history being lost.
 

The phenomenon is particularly prevalent in Saudi Arabia.

For centuries, the Kaaba – the black cube at the centre of Mecca – has been encircled by arched porticos erected three centuries ago by the Ottomans – placed above carved marble columns dating back to the 8th century.

In 2014, these precious pieces of history were reduced to rubble, making way for the Saudi government’s expansion of Mecca’s Grand Mosque.

The authorities claimed it was necessary to accommodate the millions who visit Islam’s holiest point – an argument which many concede is entirely plausible.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1280612/archaeology-latest-bbc-news-islam-said-arabia-mecca-ramadan-history-spt

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I would hope that all the world’s antiquities could be preserved; but, not the primitive barbarity that was practiced by their creators.

Slightly off topic, but yes the majority of Islam’s adherents are peaceful and non threatening to societies. But, until the virulent strain of Islamic supremacy that has polluted Islam since it’s inception is extinguished, there will always be a divide between it and the rest of the world’s religions.