Sentences with phrase «destroying cultural heritage sites»

In 2014, the militant group calling themselves the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria began destroying cultural heritage sites and artifacts — mosques and shrines, churches, and ancient and medieval monuments — in Libya, Syria, and Iraq, using bulldozers and explosives.

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A solo exhibition features a large site - specific work that consumes the gallery with a selection of smaller works that address destruction of architecture, intentional actions that destroy architecturally important and significant cultural heritage sites.