Paging the Cathedral of Chalesm...

So in the course of my peregrinations, I stumbled across this article on Pompeii.

And of course, neglect and active vandalism is what happened to lots of ancient cities and sites.

By devious means, these thoughts led me to the Landmark Preservation Commission for Nineveh.  Because it's never too soon to preserve the treasures of civilization.  Although I don't think that Assur should have dumped their garbage there during the strike...