huh i hadn't before consciously drawn parallels between invading nations defacing statues of the previous gods and revered figures, and of people today pulling down statues for being problematic
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Was reading this article on controversy over this bas-relief, and imagining archeologists 1000 in the future would be super bummed that we got rid of it
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we proudly display reliefs directly depicting celebrating the mass slaughter of innocents cause it happened 2400 years ago sooooo
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The staff there is very not majority white and barely majority local/american.
The mountain itself absolutely transcends the carving, and is an experience worth it on its own. You can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles.
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This kind of thing seems a lot more like arbitrary signalling than the principle of not destroying shit because it will be cool in the future.
After WW2 a bunch of Nazi/Soviet monuments got destroyed and I've never heard it described as cultural barbarism or historical erasure.
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