Meditation upon the ruins’ ruin

Authors

  • Vasco Gil Mantas Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos da Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-1718_69_5

Keywords:

Palmyra, Roman Empire, architecture, ideology, radicalism, geopolitics

Abstract

The ruins of the city of Palmira, important for the history and state of preservation, have suffered recently from attacks that resulted in the loss of some of its most relevant monuments. The reason underlying the destruction corresponds to the practice of elimination of the past for ideological reasons, which forces to reflect on the political developments of the Middle East and to consider the predictable consequences of regional chaos developed in recent years.

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Published

2017-07-11

Issue

Vol. 69 (2017)

Section

Articles

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