The ancient temple, founded around 2,000 years ago, was largely destroyed by the militant group in 2015.
Archaeologists have made an urgent call to preserve the remains of an 'exceptional' ancient temple that suffered extensive damage at the hands of the Islamic State militant group .The Temple of Bel is located within the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site situated in the middle of the Syrian Desert, next to an oasis offering plentiful water.
'The destruction wrought by ISIS while it was in control of the area in 2015 and again in 2016 had a disastrous effect on the World Heritage Site and its local residential community,' they went on. 'The tragedy took two forms: firstly, in the physical damage to the archaeological and architectural fabric of the ancient city of Palmyra, and secondly, through the disruption of civic society as the population fled.'The authors are against fully reconstructing the temple.
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