Mari, Syria: Difference between revisions

Excavations stopped from 2011 as a result of the [[Syrian Civil War]] and have not restarted.{{sfn|Simons|2016}} The site came under the control of armed gangs and suffered large scale looting. A 2014 official report revealed that robbers were focusing on the royal palace, the public baths, the temple of Ishtar and the temple of Dagan.{{sfn|Cockburn|2014}} Based on satelitesatellite imagery, looting continued until at least 2017.<ref>Casana J, Laugier EJ (2017) Satellite imagery-based monitoring of archaeological site damage in the Syrian civil war. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0188589. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188589</ref>