Site

Categories

The first casualty of war may or may not be truth, but the second is definitely culture. As you read this, ISIS’s goons are busy trashing Iraq’s heritage, while the Syrian Civil War has already demolished six World Heritage sites.

Yet it doesn’t have to be this way. Throughout the world, brave individuals have risked life and limb to conserve our greatest treasures. Sometimes, they’re professionals, like the Monuments Men. But mostly, they’re just ordinary folks who looked at the cultural vandalism unfolding around them and said “not today.” Here are their stories.