Demolished Holy Sites of the Khorasan — Vatican Shadow

Tracklist · 150 Tracks · 3h 2m

Palmyra Campaign Against Archaeology

0:51

Ancient Assyria

1:16

After the Migration of Mecca (Bin Laden Group)

1:15

Khorsabad (Reliefs and Statues)

1:11

Iraqi Antiquities Ministry

1:14

Bulldozers (Satellite Images)

0:53

Sennacherib (Crosshairs)

1:07

Dar e Arqam Now Lies Under the Extension of the Masjid Alharam of Mecca

1:14

Location on the Outskirts of Mosul (SAS)

1:14

Qubbat' al-Thanaya Burial Site

1:13

Temple of Baalshamin

0:55

Mar Behnam Monastery

1:13

Dedicated to the Ancient God Baal (United Nation)

1:10

Explosives to Destroy the Saint's Tomb and Its Elaborate Carvings and Decorations

1:13

Broken Incisor

1:15

Destruction of the al-Khidr Mosque in Mosul

1:05

Mosque of the Prophet Yunus (Zarqawi Is Missing)

1:15

Djeser-djeseru (Hatshepsut's Temple)

0:59

Battle Damage to the Palace of Ashnas North of Samarra (Natural)

1:15

Battle of Uhud (Military)

1:15

Battle of Uhud (Civilian)

1:15

Destruction of Saddam Hussein's Tomb in al-Awja (Conspiracy)

1:13

Deir el-Bahri (Knives)

1:12

Veneration of Prophets Like as Forbidden (Jonah)

1:14

Egyptian Tourist Police (Automatic Firearms)

1:14

Mashrubat Umm Ibrahim

1:08

Imam Dur Mausoleum Samarra (Mosque Evacuation)

1:15

Damage to St. George's Monastery in Mosul

1:15

Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Red Head Bands)

1:06

The Sculptures From Hatra (The Dead No Longer Walk)

1:12

It Was Blown Up Last October

1:15

Ibrahim Was Born (First Chechen War)

1:15

Karnak Temple Near Luxor

1:17

The Mosque at the Grave of Sayyid al-Shuhada

1:15

Destruction of Statues of Hatran Kings (Necessary Actions)

1:13

Ibrahim Lives (Second Chechen War)

1:14

Destruction of Hatra Life-Sized Sculpture

1:06

Dome Which Served as a Canopy Over the Well of Zamzam

1:18

The Mosque of Fatima Zahra

1:15

No to Tourist in Egypt (Paper Message)

1:13

Mosque of al-Manaratain

1:13

Bayt al-Ahzan of Sayyid Fatima (War Room)

1:14

Greco-Roman Style Sculptures From Hatra (Incendiary)

1:13

Khaled Asaad Propaganda

1:11

House of Imam (Blind Sheik)

1:13

Hatran Sculptures (Islamic Rubble)

1:10

Tomb of Sayyid Imam al-Uraidhi Ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, Destroyed by Dynamite

1:13

Zenobia (Pickaxes and Sledgehammers)

1:14

Antiquities at Palmyra (Torture and Murder)

1:13

Unconfirmed Reports of Book Burnings in Mosul Libraries

1:13

Four Mosques at the Site of the Battle of the Trench in Madina

1:14

United Nations (Day of Terror Plot Logistics)

1:34

Mosul Museum (Shrine Attack Squad)

1:12

Mahhalla Complex

1:14

False Reports of the Destruction of the Walls of Nineveh

1:13

Salman al-Farsi Mosque

1:14

Banu Hashim (Bin Laden)

1:14

230,000 Dead (New Archaeology)

1:12

Raj'at ash-Shams Mosque

1:13

Unconfirmed Reports of Church Demolition (UAE)

1:16

Khorasan Homeless (Modern Graves)

1:11

Where Hasan and Husayn Were Born (Desert Storm Whimpers)

1:14

Jannat al-Baqi in Medina Leveled (Still Open Access for Men Only)

1:13

Destruction of the Citadel at Tal Afar (Skyscraper)

1:14

Destruction of the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib

1:15

The Ancient Cemetery at Mecca

1:15

Bamiyan Statue Stands Over 150 Feet High Prior to Its Destruction

1:14

Unconfirmed Reports of the Destruction of the al-Fatih and al-Ummawiya Mosques in Mosul (Medina)

1:14

Grave of the Mother of Imam Musa al-Kazim

1:14

Hindu Kush (Message)

1:13

Temple of Nabu at Nimrud (Asymmetric Explosion)

1:14

Video of the Destruction of Two Unidentified Mosques (Lion's Den)

1:13

Destruction of a Small Mausoleum in Mosul (Delta)

1:14

Nergal Gate at Nineveh (Incendiary)

1:15

Hindu Kush (Dynamite)

1:13

Grave of Amina bint Wahb, Muhammad's Mother, Bulldozed in 1998

1:15

Tombs of Hamza and Other Casualties of the Battle of Uhud Demolished at Mount Uhud

1:13

Hindu Kush (Propaganda From the Smoke)

1:15

Destruction of Shrine of Imam al-Mushin in Mosul (CIA)

1:13

Zenobia Failed

1:14

Hindu Kush (Failure)

1:12

Removal of the Statues of Othman al-Muhsin and Abu Tammam (Zarqawi)

1:14

Khaled al-Asaad (Improvised Explosives)

1:18

Tomb of Eve in Jeddah (Sealed with Concrete in 1975)

1:14

Grave of the Father of Muhammad (Medina)

1:14

Reports That Looted Medieval Manuscripts Are Being Sold in Turkey

1:13

Headless Body From a Column (Those Promises Were Empty)

1:16

Hindu Kush (The West Is Green)

1:13

The House of Mawlid (The Followers)

1:17

Leave the Site's Columns and Temples Untouched

1:13

Hindu Kush (Failing to Destroy)

1:15

Destruction of a Statue of Mary at al-Tahira Catholic Church in Mosul

1:14

Hindu Kush (Warning to Crusaders)

1:14

Temple of Baalshamin (Storm God Rubble)

1:13

Where Muhammad Is Born

1:14

The Modern City Is Built Over Nineveh's Ruins (New State)

1:14

Originally Turned Into a Library

1:14

Sandstone Statues of Buddha (Anti-Aircraft)

1:14

Rampage Through the Museum Documented on Video

1:14

Mar Elian Monastery (Bulldozer's Walls)

1:13

Fighters Shown Smashing Half-Human, Half-Animal Guardian Lamassus Statue

1:14

Apamea (Artifact Operations)

1:16

It Now Lies Under a Rundown Building

1:14

Sandstone Statues of Buddha (Tank Fire)

1:15

Dynamite From Kabul

1:15

Dura-Europos (The Call)

1:14

Compromise After Wahhabi Clerics Called for It to Be Demolished

1:13

He Called on Nineveh's Gate

1:14

Euphrates Cratered Landscape

1:14

A Western Observer

1:15

The House of Khadija

1:18

Mosul Museum and Libraries (Conspiracy)

1:11

Mari Ammunition Dump

1:15

Reports of Looting at Mosul's Libraries and Universities

1:14

Haram Extensions

1:13

They Drilled Holes Into the Torsos of the Two Statues

1:13

Covered Over

1:14

Dynamite Charges Inside the Holes (I Will See You Again)

1:12

Thousands of Books Disappeared Into the Shadowy International Art Market

1:14

Damascus Explosions (Declassified)

1:13

Made Into a Library

1:12

Destruction of Sculptures at the Great Iwans of Hatra (Smoke Column)

1:15

The Book Burning Coincided...

1:14

The Operation to Wreck the Statues Carved Into a Cliff (Bamiyan Valley)

1:13

A Hilton Hotel Stands on the Site

1:15

Mujahideen Toppling Statues

1:18

Mountains of Central Afghanistan (Moveable Statues)

1:14

Abu Sayyaf Raid

1:13

A Dozen Smaller Buddha Statues in the Kabul Museum Had Also Been Destroyed

1:12

The House of Islam's First Caliph, Abu Bakr

1:14

Fighters Using Sledgehammers and Automatic Weapons to Destroy Sculptures

1:11

Masterpieces From Hatra and Nineveh (Death)

1:16

Byzantine Ruins of Shinshara in Syria From Russian Airstrikes

1:02

Archaeological Institute Iraq (Field Office)

1:14

U.S. Constitution

1:14

House of Madina Where He Lived

1:14

Archaeological Institute Iraq (Death)

1:14

Nineveh (Gunpowder)

1:11

U.S. Bill of Rights

1:10

A Trained Eye Can Tell That About Half of the Artifacts Destroyed in the Video Are Copies

1:14

Destruction of the Tomb of Mar Behnam and Mart Sarah Near Nimrud

1:14

U.S. Declaration of Independence

1:15

WTC (North Tower)

1:14

History Surrounding the Site

1:16

The Walls of Nineveh

1:14

An Earthen Wall Surrounds Antiquities Uncovered Remains (War Market)

1:09

Destruction of Graves in Fallujah, Syria

1:16

WTC (South Tower)

1:13

Protected Hopes

1:16

Unidentified Locations (American Airlines)

1:16

We're still writing this one up. The deep read (liner notes, standout moments, the sound breakdown) is on the way. The album's ready to own right now.