article_snippet.sent: Sadly, the event was just the first in a series of atrocities that have robbed the world of some of the event most prized cultural heritage.
article_snippet.sent: But historical architecture is also under threat from calamities which might well escape our control, such as earthquakes and climate change.
article_snippet.sent: The thought of losing a piece of our collective history is a bleak one.
article_snippet.sent: But if loss can't be avoided, technology can lend a hand.
article_snippet.sent: So our looked at each other and our said, you know, sometimes you can't prevent an earthquake, obviously, and it's very expensive to go back and rebuild, but if an earthquake had been scanned, our children and grandchildren would get the opportunity to come back and learn the history of that place.