Podcast: Museum of Lost Objects

Museum of Lost Objects

BBC Radio 4 Series tracing the stories of ten antiquities and cultural sites that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria

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  The Lion of al-Lat

  Friday

  The fearsome 2,000-year-old statue, regarded as one of the symbols of Palmyra.

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  Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo

  Thursday

  The unique minaret of Aleppo's Great Mosque, which is now only a waterfall of rubble.

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  Tell Qarqur, Hama Province

  Wednesday

  The ancient hill in western Syria that became a modern battleground.

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  Palmyra: Temple of Bel

  Tomorrow

  One of Palmyra's most iconic structures and the man who gave his life to protect the city.

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  Winged-Bull of Nineveh

  Today

  The 2,700-year-old sculpture that guarded the gates of one of antiquity's fabled cities.

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