AIA News

August 16, 2012

ARCHAEOLOGY magazine cited in New York Times piece about Syrian conflict.

by By PATRICIA COHEN


Preservationists and archaeologists are warning that fighting in Syria’s commercial capital, Aleppo — considered the world’s oldest continuously inhabited human settlement — threatens to damage irreparably the stunning architectural and cultural legacy left by 5,000 years of civilizations.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/arts/design/syrian-conflict-imperils-h…

 

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