What’s Ruining Our Ruins?
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Join us at Something Worth Knowing, a Complexly benefit and live show at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in the center of Los Angeles on September 16, 2026. To get your ticket go to https://complexly.info/SWK26-23 From the Maijishan Grottoes to the frescoes of St. Paul in Ephesus to Chaco Canyon to Megiddo to Angkor Wat, our UNESCO World Heritage Sites are being destroyed by one thing: microbes. But we can still preserve our heritage. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Shaji John, Timos Gies, Jon Coffman, Anita, Anne Herrington, Ashley Moquin, yeyette, David Johnston, Cye Stoner, Jp Lynch, Bethany Matthews, Chris Curry
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