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I'm one of hundreds of archaeologists exiled from Syria who's mourning what the war is costing us

  • Written by Lubna Omar, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York

I used to be a Near Eastern archaeologist working in Syria. Nowadays, I am stuck in academic purgatory, observing from a great distance as the country burns, unable to help protect its history or its present.

Syria sits within what’s known as the cradle of civilization. It’s part of the area archaeologists call the Fertile Crescent that...

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