Here is what happens when radical Muslims take over a county. Does anyone remember the giant Buddhas that were blown up in Afghanistan back several years ago. Watch this trailer of The Giant Buddhas.
This act was a crime against the human culture!
I have yet to see this film, but it looks profound and completely engrossing.
Here is a link about the attempt to rebuild them.
Will this be the fate of Egyptian antiquity? Will they blow up the Sphinx? Do you question the possibility? ... I don't.