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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/isis-burns-8000-rare-books-030900856.html
From the middle of the article:
"The former assistant director of the library Qusai All Faraj said that the Mosul Public Library was established in 1921, the same year that saw the birth of the modern Iraq. Among its lost collections were manuscripts from the eighteenth century, Syriac books printed in Iraq's first printing house in the nineteenth century, books from the Ottoman era, Iraqi newspapers from the early twentieth century and some old antiques like an astrolabe and sand glass used by ancient Arabs. The library had hosted the personal libraries of more than 100 notable families from Mosul over the last century.
"During the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the library was looted and destroyed by mobs. However, the people living nearby managed to save most of its collections and rich families bought back the stolen books and they were returned to the library, All Faraj added."
I had heard rumors of the destruction of books and manuscripts elsewhere in territory controlled by the Daesh, but had no confirmation to post. <sigh> It's interesting to note (to me at least) that Yahoo! filed this in their "finance" section.
Further commentary/opinion fails me at the moment.
From the middle of the article:
"The former assistant director of the library Qusai All Faraj said that the Mosul Public Library was established in 1921, the same year that saw the birth of the modern Iraq. Among its lost collections were manuscripts from the eighteenth century, Syriac books printed in Iraq's first printing house in the nineteenth century, books from the Ottoman era, Iraqi newspapers from the early twentieth century and some old antiques like an astrolabe and sand glass used by ancient Arabs. The library had hosted the personal libraries of more than 100 notable families from Mosul over the last century.
"During the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the library was looted and destroyed by mobs. However, the people living nearby managed to save most of its collections and rich families bought back the stolen books and they were returned to the library, All Faraj added."
I had heard rumors of the destruction of books and manuscripts elsewhere in territory controlled by the Daesh, but had no confirmation to post. <sigh> It's interesting to note (to me at least) that Yahoo! filed this in their "finance" section.
Further commentary/opinion fails me at the moment.
Alhambra in Spain is considered by some to be one of the (if not the) most mathematically perfect manmade structures in the world. How the heck did they do that? The information is lost. 
