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To: john drake

This is an unfair slur. I've visited many pre-Moslem sites in Turkey, both Hellenic and Byzantine, and they are well-cared for. Worth a lot in tourist $$$ too.


10 posted on 07/23/2006 1:33:29 PM PDT by RossA
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To: RossA; All

unfair slur??? You must be joking.

In fact, less than 5% ---and probably less -- of the pre muslim sites are preserved. In the interior the "museums" are a joke and most of the pre islamic heritage (churches, monasteries, towns, whole ancient communities for God's sake! - have been destroyed, stolen, sold, much of the art/Christian iconography-objects d'art-- resides abroad who knows where.

This is true of much of the muslim world.


14 posted on 07/23/2006 2:14:48 PM PDT by eleni121 (General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
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