This opens a fairly large can of worms, not just in terms of asking
archaeologists about protecting sites & monuments, but maybe asking
anthropologists about how to interact with local cultures & maybe with
historians over possible scenarios as to what "the future" might have held
in store
But politics seems to have - or at least perceive - no place for the kind of
learning/expertise/advice we have to offer...

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If a similar
"multi-national" board of archaeologists and anthropologists (i.e.,
who have studied the Kurds I also have to read) had been convened and
procedures put in place for protecting international archaeological
and people resources, perhaps the level of violence would be lower
there.