ISIS destroys Ancient Sumerian statues in Iraq

[SeymourCake]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYX_CbwAD8

How despicable can they be? They need to be eradicated from this planet immediately. I just learned about these statues last semester in Art History.

 

[El Suave]

Animals!

 

[LiveFreeX]

Now gentleman, this was a peaceful demonstration by the religion of peace.

 

[Chamber36]

So that explains the state of ancient egyptian monuments.

 

[Mike32ct]

Saddam would have never allowed that shyte to happen.

 

[Dust 2 Dust]

We were much better off with Saddam. At least he kept the jihadi's in check. In fact, there was virtually no Jihadi activity in Iraq while Saddam was in control. Saddam would have crushed and crucified these fukkers within a week.

 

[Stagger Lee]

We were better off with Saddam, Gaddafi and other strongman leaders, and no immigration from muslim culture zones. Self-created problems largely.

 

[Who Dares Win]

double

 

[Who Dares Win]

Yet your government seems to think that Assad must be taken down...Im sure it will go much better in siria than iraq and libia....

Btw the egyptians are too close to Putin, Im sure some democracy and liberation is required as well

It doesnt take a genius to realize that in order to keep control and stability in such places, it takes something more than a government based on feelings and civil rights activism...

 

[Tictac]

Little boys in men's bodies.

Pathetic.

 

[Fatal Jay]

So that explains the state of ancient egyptian monuments.

Europeans was behind that one, not muslims

 

[Chamber36]

Europeans was behind that one, not muslims

Why would europeans do that?

 

[Jaylan]

At least its good that many of these museum pieces were actually copies according to officials from different European museums.

Btw Iraq museums, containing some rich human history, went through a lot of pain after the American invasion. Its not like this is the first time that museums have had problems in a war torn Middle East.

Why would europeans do that?

Conquerors acting stupid. Has happened a lot through history. Humans = idiots.

 

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Wag The Dog

It's a shame but lets be honest here, the left replaced our great works of legitimate art and their importance to Western civilization decades ago when they took over academia. Another desert toilet thousands of miles away loses some of it's art history and we're all supposed to be foaming at the mouth and brimming with impotent rage?

Now it's no "sick ink" or a chick sh!tting into an empty soup can live on stage in front of a bunch of atomized sh!tlib indoctrinated university students but just for reference:

Completed at age 23

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh4xdkhdIn1qffo6uo1_1280.jpg

From a distance

http://www.radford.edu/~rbarris/art216upd2012/berniniproserpinexx.jpg

Some more

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xh3lJ6df7...utch+Artist+Sir+Lawrence+Alma-Tadema+1881.jpg

http://www.daydaypaint.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Flirtation-Federico-Andreotti.jpg

 

[Fatal Jay]

Isis is not even real

 

[SmooveMooves]

Isis is a drill.

 

[Chamber36]

TBH I went to egypt once and the Tour Guide told me that the tribes which arrived at the temples, were superstitious about the sculptures looking at them and stuff, and that's why they have most of the faces chiselled away.

I don't think it was europeans, as they were relatively modern when they arrived, around the times of Napoleon. They say they shot off the sphynx's nose because it was negroid, but that hasn't really be proven either.

Consider that many people know Ancient egypt contributed to ancient Greece, which contributed to Ancient Rome, and thus the rest of europe, I doubt europeans would want to destroy ancient Egyptian artifacts.

Also, note the amount of german egyptologists. If europeans are so interested in ancient egypt, why would europeans destroy ancient egypt?

My great grandfather actually used to translate coptic to german.

Speaking of Coptic: According to Wikipedia:
The Copts are the native Christians of Egypt
The Coptic language is the last stage of the Egyptian language.

Christianity is older than Islam. The coptic language is an indigenous egyptian language. It seems that the indigenous egyptians, copts, converted to christianity. Then came the muslims, which now form 80% of the population. Probably those muslims destroyed all the ancient egyptian artifacts.

 

[Vulpine]

Isis is not even real

Nuh-uh!

You can't claim "aint".

They're called "IS"...

twice! "ISIS"

SEE?

They MUST be real!

Let's have a war!

 

[backseatjuan]

USA! USA! You didn't give a sh1t about the marines destroying the whole fvcking country, let's care about some statues. Oh, I get it, it's an excuse for some action! :crackup:

 

[SamTheHobit]

It's just a bunch of statues.

Somewhat relevant

Matthew 6:19-21

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.