The famous and enormous Statue of Athena from the Temple of Allat in Palmyra, Syria. In this photo, we see the damage done to the artwork by Christian fanatics in the fourth century, as well as attempted repairs made in recent decades.
However, in 2016, the statue was completely destroyed by ISIS. The Abrahamics finally finished off what they had started. Palmyra was once a glorious outpost of European pagan intellectualism and artistic glory prior to the assault by the Christian fanatics. A jewel in European Classic Paganism within the Middle East until the arrival of Christian fanatics in the fourth century. These zealots - believing that the statues contained demons - attacked the marble statues, as well as the ancient texts within its library, and destroyed all of the other artworks on display.
Even so, large parts of the complex remained, as the Christians had neither the intelligence nor skill to construct adequate ladders and scaffolding in order to destroy the tops of the massive structures. It would take them one thousand years before they would be able to recover the skills and technology which the pagans had use to construct Palmyra.
In May 2015, Abu Laith al-Saudi, an ISIS commander, reportedly told a Syrian radio program that the statues of Athena from the Temple of Allat would be 'pulverized', but that the main buildings would remain in-tact. In the end, the Islamic State dynamited the entire complex turning one of the most spectacular complexes of the pagan world into dust and rubble for the same Abrahamic sand god which the Christians had originally attacked Palmyra, and for the same reason.
Even so, large parts of the complex remained, as the Christians had neither the intelligence nor skill to construct adequate ladders and scaffolding in order to destroy the tops of the massive structures. It would take them one thousand years before they would be able to recover the skills and technology which the pagans had use to construct Palmyra.
In May 2015, Abu Laith al-Saudi, an ISIS commander, reportedly told a Syrian radio program that the statues of Athena from the Temple of Allat would be 'pulverized', but that the main buildings would remain in-tact. In the end, the Islamic State dynamited the entire complex turning one of the most spectacular complexes of the pagan world into dust and rubble for the same Abrahamic sand god which the Christians had originally attacked Palmyra, and for the same reason.
3 comments:
...Religion, the bastion of misquided thought.
Did this Person just say 4th century people can't build ladders? Did they just forget the Haiga Sophia and Theodosian Walls? Also ISIS somehow is being related to 4th century fanatict Christians as if it reflects on Modern Jews and Christians that Muslim terrrorist who are viewed by many Muslims as Zealots blew up a Ancient statue.
@20 September 2019 at 16:45 post
You seem to hold a chip on your shoulder. You miss the point that only the lower parts of the temple were damaged, it only gives way to conclusion that they did not have the resources or knowledge for ladders during that time and place. Haga Sophia and the walls were built by the Emperors finest architects in the capital city.
ISIS is being related because they are muslims, and islam is a part of abrahamic religions. Their actions and reasons for it are alike with 4th century christian persecutors. Historic abrahamic religions were marked by crusades, jihads, religious wars, persecutions, heresy trials which brought much death and suffering. Modern Abrahamic religions still haven't discarded the concepts of heresy in their constant purity spiral, so this is a very sober history lesson for everyone.
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