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US Border Wall Construction Damages 1,000-Year-Old Land Art in Arizona
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US Border Wall Construction Damages 1,000-Year-Old Land Art in Arizona

ARTnews.com·Andy Battaglia·28 days ago
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Skip to main content Home ARTnews News Part of a border wall in Sasabe, Arizona, in January. Getty Images Construction crews building a barrier between the United States and Mexico damaged a 200-foot-long etching of a fish embedded in the land that is thought to be 1,000 years old, according to a report in the Washington Post . As part of President Donald Trump’s contentious $46.5 billion border-wall project, workers destroyed a 60-to-70-foot portion of the artwork known as an intaglio, according to Richard Martynec, a retired archaeologist who currently surveys the area as a volunteer.…

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