From the Buddhas of Bamiyan to the Temples of Palmyra: Why is the World’s Cultural Heritage Being Erased?
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The destruction of cultural heritage fits a pattern from Mecca to Timbuktu, and from Palmyra to Nineveh, today’s Mosul. James Cuno, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, joins Terence Ward, author of The Wahhabi Code: How the Saudis Spread Extremism Globally, to explore what lies at the root of these crimes against cultural heritage and what the world can do about it.
