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Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Damascus - 2/47
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Bavarian State Archaeological Collection, Munich - 3/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
National Museum of Damascus Yahoo News is better in the app
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Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels - 5/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
National Museum of Damascus / Sophie Cluzan - 6/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
Mari archaeological mission Yahoo News is better in the app
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National Museum of Damascus/Sophie Cluzan - 8/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
National Museum of Damascus/Sophie Cluzan - 9/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Damascus Yahoo News is better in the app
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Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Damascus - 11/47
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National Museum of Damascus - 12/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
National Museum of Damascus Yahoo News is better in the app
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National Museum of Damascus - 14/47
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Hama National Museum - 15/47
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Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Damascus Yahoo News is better in the app
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National Museum of Damascus - 17/47
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Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Damascus - 18/47
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Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Damascus Yahoo News is better in the app
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Maarat al-Nu῾man Museum - 20/47
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Maarat al-Nu῾man Museum - 21/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
Idlib Museum Yahoo News is better in the app
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Idlib Museum - 23/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Damascus - 24/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
National Museum of Damascus / Ali Othman Yahoo News is better in the app
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Sophie Cluzan - 26/47
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Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels - 27/47
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Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Damascus Yahoo News is better in the app
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Aleppo Museum - 29/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted, destroyed
National Museum of Damascus - 30/47
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National Museum of Damascus Yahoo News is better in the app
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Tell Brak project - 32/47
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Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Damascus - 33/47
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Ras Ibn Hani mission/F. Bernel Yahoo News is better in the app
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Sura Mission/Ali Othman - 35/47
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EPA - 36/47
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REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri Yahoo News is better in the app
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REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih - 38/47
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EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI - 39/47
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REUTERS/Shaam News Network Yahoo News is better in the app
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REUTERS/Zain Karam - 41/47
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REUTERS/Zain Karam - 42/47
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EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI Yahoo News is better in the app
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EPA - 44/47
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EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI - 45/47
Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted
REUTERS/Khaled Hariri Yahoo News is better in the app
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Syria's other toll: cultural gems stolen, looted
EPA
Updated
Besides killing more than 100,000 people, Syria's civil war is exacting another irreparable toll as historic sites and artworks are looted or destroyed in the fighting.
An emergency list of endangered artworks was released Wednesday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The initiative stems from the International Council of Museums, in collaboration with UNESCO and the US State Department.
Click here to see the complete list. (AFP)