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A young archaeologist, Moutaz Alshayeb, envisioned working on digs in the desert after he graduated from the University of Damascus three years ago. He never imagined that he'd start his career in a lab piecing together artifacts from heritage sites destroyed in the Syrian conflict.

"When I hear about bombings in the tunnels of the old city of Aleppo I feel devastated," said Moutaz, referring to the city in northwestern Syria where intense fighting between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad has reduced neighborhoods to rubble. "They are simply crushing our identity and our soul."

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