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Satellite Images Show Widespread Looting At Syrian Landmarks
Ongoing conflict in Syria has given looters the opportunity to run free among the country's most valuable archaeological sites, new satellite imagery shows. The American Association for the Advancement of Science studied images taken of several proposed World Heritage sites in Syria and found that some sites that were practically untouched in 2011 are now riddled with thousands of pits dug by looters.
The ancient city of Mari, founded in the early third century B.C., is pictured above, with some of its more than 1,300 pits circled. Earlier imagery, below, shows that it was well-preserved just a few years ago.
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/satellite-images-show-widespread-looting-syrian-landmarks-n272161
