on December 8, 2010, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) released an analysis of high-resolution satellite photographs of the Julfa cemetery site taken in 2003 and 2009. The AAAS concluded that the satellite imagery was consistent with the reports from observers on the ground, that "significant destruction and changes in the grade of the terrain" had occurred between 2003 and 2009, and that the cemetery area was "likely destroyed and later leveled by earth-moving equipment." Criticism of international reaction Armenian journalist Haykaram Nahapetyan compared the destruction of the cemetery with the destruction of cultural heritage by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan by the Taliban. He also criticized the international community's response to the destruction of the cemetery in Julfa. Simon Maghakyan noted the West condemned the Taliban destruction of the Buddhas and the Islamist destruction of shrines in Timbuktu during the 2012 Northern Mali conflict because "the violators of cultural rights in both instances are anti-Western, al-Qaeda-linked groups, and that alone seems to have merited the strong Western condemnation." He added, "otherwise, why has the West maintained its overwhelming silence regarding the complete destruction of the world’s largest medieval Armenian cemetery by Azerbaijan, a major energy supplier to, and arms purchaser from, the West?" Remaining khachkars Julfa khachkars at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral Replicas See also Buddhas of Bamiyan Mausoleum of Sidi Mahmoud Ben Amar Notes Further reading Ayvazyan, Argam. Jugha. Yerevan: Sovetakan Grogh, 1984. Bevan, Robert. The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War. London: Reaktion, 2006. Baltrušaitis, Jurgis and Dickran Kouymjian. "Julfa on the Arax and Its Funerary Monuments" in Études Arméniennes/Armenian Studies In Memoriam Haig Berberian. Lisbon: Galouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1986. Maghakyan, Simon. "Sacred Stones Silenced in Azerbaijan." History Today. Vol. 57, November 2007. Dr. Haghnazarian, Armen and Wickmann, Dieter. "Destruction of the Armenian Cemetery at Djulfa," June 2007. Heritage at Risk, 2006/2007, ICOMOS. "Argam Ayvazyan: Spy–Researcher For Nakhichevan Armenian Culture ," interview by Andran Abramian, Cultural Property News, 27 March 2021. Photo galleries Partial Views of Jugha Cemetery, a photo gallery by Research on Armenian Architecture , Argam Ayvazyan digital archive on the Julfa Project page Documentary films Julfa by the Research on Armenian Architecture organization The New Tears of Araxes Other films Part 1 of the destruction caught on video tape Satellite imagery Satellite Images provided by the American Association for the