The Institute for Digital Archaeology (IDA), a joint-venture between Harvard University (US), the University of Oxford (UK) and Dubai’s Museum of the Future (UAE) have announced that they will replicate a structure of architectural significance that was destroyed earlier this year by IS, or 'Islamic State', at full scale in the centre of London and New York City. The arch—all that remains of the Temple of Bel at the Syrian UNESCO World Heritage site—was captured by militants in May and destroyed. By no means an isolated case, IS have looted and demolished a number of similar architectural and anthropologically important sites that "pre-date Islam in Iraq," condemning them as "symbols of idolatry."
美国哈佛大学、英国牛津大学联合迪拜未来博物馆的数字考古机构最近宣布他们将在伦敦和纽约复制建造近年被IS摧毁的古迹。拱门——所有与联合国教科文组织世界遗产叙利亚的贝尔殿有关的建筑——在六月被激进分子占领并摧毁。这并不是个案;IS已洗劫并摧毁大量相似的重要建筑和考古遗址，只有是“在伊拉克伊斯兰教之前的”被认为是“精神的象征”。
According to Alexy Karenowska, the IDA’s Director of Technology, "the renderings would be used to recreate the arch through a combination of 3D printing computer-controlled machining techniques." The pieces will be created off-site before being assembled in bothTrafalgar Square and Times Square. In London, the world-renowned fifteen-metre high arch will stand next to the neoclassical monuments of the National Gallery and Nelson's Column highlighting, according to the BBC, "Britain and Syria's shared heritage."
数字考古机构的技术负责人阿列克西·卡伦罗瓦斯卡说：“建筑将用3D打印加电脑控制加工技术复制重塑”。散件将打印好运往特拉法加广场和时代广场组装。世界著名的十五米高拱门将在伦敦组建，位置位于国家美术馆新古典主义里程碑和纳尔逊纪念柱之间，BBC将其称作“英国和叙利亚的共同遗产”
The IDA were described by ArchDaily as being among Architecture's Most Inspiring Leaders, Projects and People in 2015.
数字考古机构由每日建筑形容为2015年项目和人物中最具建筑想象力的先锋
