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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central reflection on ruins? Question 2 of 6What threats to ruins does the essay mention? Question 3 of 6What does the worn inscription only specialists can read suggest about the kings? Question 4 of 6What does the poet at his beloved's ruins actually mourn, according to the essay? Question 5 of 6What contrast does "withstood two thousand years" versus "a single moment" draw? Question 6 of 6What does comparing ruins to a shared memory imply? Vocabularyالْأَعْمِدَةcolumns
مَعْبَدtemple
رَهْبَةawe
مَمْزُوجَة بِـmixed with
نَقْشinscription
مَمْحُوّworn, erased
الْأَطْلَالruins (esp. of an abandoned encampment)
الْجَاهِلِيَّةthe pre-Islamic era
زَائِلtransient, passing
مَزَارsite for visiting, shrine
تُنْهَبُare looted
مَزَادَاتauctions
الْجَشَعgreed