Tuesday November 15 | 7:30PM
Lee Auditorium, Missouri History Museum
5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112
Michael Danti, director of excavations at Tell es-Sweyhat (Syria) and Rowanduz (Iraqi Kurdistan), addresses how the recent looting and systematic destruction of cultural heritage by extremists in northern Iraq and Syria threaten to obliterate the region’s cultural patrimony and the cultural identities of countless vibrant communities.