This is nothing new. The Islamic fundies have been doing the same in
Timbuktu for months.
In Egypt there's even talk of
blowing up the pyramids.
The Saudi's have been
methodically destroying Mecca since the late 1800's. There's very little left of the original city now.
It's like they (the fundies) are determined to remove any and all remaining evidence that their ancestors were in fact a highly civilized people.
Sadly, they will no doubt succeed in accomplishing just that.