Sturt Manning, professor of Classics, writes in this piece for CNN about efforts to erase the rich history of Palmyra.
"The Palmyra oasis is a strategic location, unfortunately almost awaiting attention and thus disaster," Manning writes. "Usually ISIS justifies destruction by claiming representative art to be idolatrous and pre-Islamic religious objects or structures sacrilegious. It seeks to destroy diversity and enforce narrow uniformity. Evidence of a tolerant, diverse past is anathema. Prosaically, looted antiquities provide key funds to ISIS."
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Officially launching the Abruña Energy Initiative Level 3 electric vehicle fast-charging station: Interim President Michael Kotlikoff (left) and Héctor D. Abruña, the Émile M. Chamot Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.