We are all aware of the impacts of war on the hugely significant archaeology of the Middle East, but far less attention is paid to the destructive impacts of peacetime development in a situation where there is inadequate regulation and oversight. In this article for RESCUE, Professor Kevin Butcher of the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick and formerly a Professor in the Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut provides an insight into the current situation in the Lebanon.
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