[themartorana]

Thank goodness for this. The destruction of culturally significant artifacts of such age and importance is incredibly sad to me. At least photography existed before ISIS got here. 3D models are even better.

Makes you wonder what else has been destroyed throughout history. Crazy, sad stuff.

[nommm-nommm]

Some people say one example is Stari Most, an Ottoman built bridge, in Bosnia and Herzegovina that was destroyed in 1993 after standing for 427 years.

"After the destruction of the Stari Most, a spokesman for the Croats admitted that they deliberately destroyed it, claiming that it was of strategic importance.[8] Academics have argued that the bridge held little strategic value and that its shelling was an example of deliberate cultural property destruction. Andras Riedlmayer terms the destruction an act of "killing memory", in which evidence of a shared cultural heritage and peaceful co-existence were deliberately destroyed.[7]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stari_Most

A replica was reconstructed and reopened in 2004.

[cmrx64]

In the Star Control II lore, the Ur-Quan (evil invading alien race) have as a condition of surrender the destruction of all structures older than 500 years, to destroy any history of not being subjugated by the Ur-Quan. It's a really interesting and sad thing.

[bhaak]

The Ur-Quan masters do it themselves and of course, most of Europe gets blasted and funny enough, also a part of Antarctica.

[RodgerTheGreat]

If I recall correctly, the idea is that the Ur-Quan aren't entirely clear as to what parts of human history are factual or fictional, so they destroy both sites of real historical significance and areas that are prominent in human myth, including the lost city of Atlantis.