Like remember when the military literally just landed helicopters on top of the ruins of babylon without giving a single shit about the cultural heritage about not just Iraq, but the world.
They caused substantial damage to the Ishtar Gate, one of the most famous monuments from antiquity […] US military vehicles crushed 2,600-year-old brick pavements, archaeological fragments were scattered across the site, more than 12 trenches were driven into ancient deposits and military earth-moving projects contaminated the site for future generations of scientists.[78]
And this was done without actually targeting the site with weapons.
goddamn i hadn’t even heard of this until literally right now. how fucked do you have to be to intentionally cause damage to archaeology from the literal cradle of civilization
Actually, Annoy Squidward Day is January 15th. Although the calendar doesn’t have the month written on it, if you continue to watch the episode, they’re competing for January’s Employee of the Month.
I’ve been waiting all year to reblog this
Reblog if you’ve been waiting all year to reblog this
