Museum of Lost Objects
BBC Radio 4 Series tracing the stories of ten antiquities and cultural sites that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and SyriaEpisodes to download
The Lion of al-Lat
FridayThe fearsome 2,000-year-old statue, regarded as one of the symbols of Palmyra.Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo
ThursdayThe unique minaret of Aleppo's Great Mosque, which is now only a waterfall of rubble.Tell Qarqur, Hama Province
WednesdayThe ancient hill in western Syria that became a modern battleground.Palmyra: Temple of Bel
TomorrowOne of Palmyra's most iconic structures and the man who gave his life to protect the city.Winged-Bull of Nineveh
TodayThe 2,700-year-old sculpture that guarded the gates of one of antiquity's fabled cities.
