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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.

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Ancient ruins of Palmyra, Syria (media.piefed.social)
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[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

From far away it sill looks similar, but Palmyra got heavy damage during the recent civil war.

Article about the destruction: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/middleeast/palmyra-syria-islamic-state.html

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