AKIPRESS.COM - A 2,000-year-old arch, destroyed by ISIS in Syria, has been recreated in London's Trafalgar Square, ABC News reported.

The "Arch of Triumph," located in the historic town of Palmyra, was destroyed by ISIS in October, after militants captured the city last spring.

Syria's director of antiquities, Maamoun Abdulkarimm, who was present in London for the installation on Monday, called the replica an "action of solidarity," according to the BBC.

The replica of the ancient arch was made of Egyptian marble in Italy by Oxford's Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) using 3-D technology.

It stands 20 feet tall, weighs 11 tons, and took six hours to construct.

“No one would have seriously considered leaving London in ruins after the blitz," Roger Michel, the director of IDA, told The Guardian, "Monuments -- as embodiments of history, religion, art and science -- are significant and complex repositories of cultural narratives. No one should consider for one second giving terrorists the power to delete such objects from our collective cultural record. When history is erased in this fashion, it must be promptly and, of course, thoughtfully restored.”

The replica will stand in London for three days before moving to Dubai and New York, officials said.