3D technology recreates 2,000-year-old monument

The video above cuts off a bit short of the full video found on the BBC's website.

It's fascinating here to see that an original monument has been recreated - or copied, really - in dispute of its destruction by ISIS (Daesh). 'Recreated' seems a little off to me because the original would have been made of stone blocks held together by mortar, but the new version is much larger blocks carved (CNC'ed really) to look like the smaller blocks are held together by metal rods through the center of each block.

Clearly, this isn't the original, but it's an interesting recreation.

Here's some more detail...