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Arts & Culture

Cultural Heritage Preservation amid Conflict and Climate Change

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In 2015, the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria lost the Temple of Bel and the Arch of Triumph to intentional destruction by ISIS; the same site now also faces threats from climate change, highlighting the dual crisis of conflict and environmental stress on heritage.

Why this is interesting

Think of the Pyramids of Giza or the Parthenon—monuments that have stood for millennia. Yet today, war and rising seas threaten to erase our world's cultural landmarks in a single generation.