“These, unfortunately, are not the first incidents of burning or destroying ancient texts and  artifacts, that don’t agree with their version of things.  They destroyed a Buddist monument, they’ve totally trashed sites under the Temple Mount and  buried artifacts in the landfills.  They burned and destroyed much in Cairo at the museum there, and are threatening to blow up the pyramids.  And the list goes on and on.”

Excerpts From Articles In Arutz Sheva

Arabs Caught Red Handed Robbing Ancient Grave

The arrest of the suspects

Antiquities Authority

A protracted surveillance operation led to the capture of three suspects who were caught red handed robbing an ancient grave near Kibbutz Metzer.

Inspectors for the Unit for Prevention of Theft in the Antiquities Authority caught the suspects inside a burial cave dating from the 1^st century CE.

The suspects are Arabs from the town of Baka el Gharbiya and the village of Zamer. They were in possession of numerous digging tools.

“Regretfully, heavy damage was caused to the cave and the archeological find,” said Nir Distelfeld,  of the Unit for Prevention of Theft in the Antiquities Authority. “Damage to archeological sites is like the erasing of complete pages from the cultural history of the nation and the land, and unfortunately, for the sake of greed and dreams of getting rich, many criminals thoughtlessly destroy the land’s history and cultural assets.”

Ancient Timbuktu Manuscripts, 1 in Hebrew, Torched by Islamists

Outraged and heartbroken, Cisse told The Guardian,“The manuscripts were a part not only of Mali’s heritage, but the world’s heritage. By destroying them they threaten the world. We have to kill all of the rebels in the north.”

The historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, including one written in Hebrew, are no more. They were destroyed by Islamic terrorists in the African nation of Mali.

The radical Islamist terrorists attempting to overthrow the Malian government torched the South African-funded Ahmed Baba Institute where the documents were kept as they fled the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mayor Halle Ousmane Cisse told reporters Monday.

The library, which contained thousands of priceless manuscripts from ancient times, was put to the torch as the rebels fled the French and Malian troops who were closing in on the Saharan city.

At least one of the manuscripts, buried beneath the sand or in cave for centuries in wooden trunks and boxes, was written in Hebrew. Another was written in Turkish, according to Seydo Traore, a researcher at the institute where the manuscripts were kept. 

Most were written in Arabic, and some were written in African languages. They covered women’s rights, medicine, music, poetry, geography, history, religion and even astronomy, dating as far back as the year 1204. Researchers had managed to digitize only a small percentage of the manuscripts. 

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