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ISIS burns books dating back to 5000 BC (breitbart.com)
3 points by UniIsland 4127 days ago
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anovikov 4127 days ago
Here's what happens when U.S. has enough of its own oil and no longer needs to keep all those guys in check...
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dalke 4127 days ago
The US hasn't been around for 5,000 years. Or for most of the 1,300 years of Islam. Yet somehow those artifacts survived without US involvement.
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thret 4127 days ago
Surely there are digital copies of all of these books, right?
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dalke 4127 days ago
The article says "While in Mosul, Father Michaeel photographed and digitalized as many books as he could with help from Father Stewart’s Hill Museum and Manuscript Library in Minnesota.", so I'm going to assume "no".
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