“There are thousands of
khatchkars (cross-stones) here. Each
khatchkar could very easily become a rare exhibit in any of the most famous European museums… If all of
Europe’s millionaires were to enter the old
Djulfa forest of
khatchkars and come out bankrupt, the forest would not be endangered in any way.” –
A European scholar on the Djulfa cemetery before the destruction “A medieval cemetery regarded as one of the wonders of the Caucasus has been erased from the Earth in an act of cultural vandalism likened to the Taleban blowing up the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan in 2001.” - The Times, London
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