Mapping Civilization Nether Threat

In the Middle East together with North Africa ISIS is non alone attempting to destroy lives together with communities it is too targeting many cultural together with historical artifacts inwards an elbow grease to destroy cultural histories which neglect to adapt to their narrow interpretation of the Koran. These attacks convey targeted of import historical sites together with artifacts of Muslims, Christians together with many other ethnic groups.

Mapping Culture Under Threat is an elbow grease past times the Antiquities Coalition to map the hundreds of cultural together with historical sites destroyed past times ISIS inwards its drive of cultural cleansing. The Antiquities Collection has identified over 230 sites that convey been deliberately targeted or destroyed past times ISIS together with other extremist groups, including meaning monuments from the ancient, Greco-Roman, Islamic, together with modern periods.

The map shows heritage sites which convey been attacked, targeted or destroyed, using blood-red round down markers. The map too shows the locations of UNESCO Worlds Heritage & Tentative List sites. The oestrus map layer shows areas which are nether the at nowadays command of terrorist groups or which are threatened past times areas they convey been occupied betwixt Jan together with Oct 2015.