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Palmyra
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The Valley of the Tombs is the ancient cemetery west of Palmyra, with multi-storey tower tombs and underground burial chambers of the city's wealthy families. The Islamic State group blew up several of the towers in 2015, including the Tower of Elahbel.
Palmyra
Palmyra
Palmyra is an ancient city in an oasis in the middle of the Syrian desert, a great caravan stop that reached its height in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, when its queen Zenobia defied Rome. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980; the Islamic State group destroyed several of its monuments between 2015 and 2017.
Palmyra
An archaeological site in Palmyra. Palmyra (Tadmur) is an oasis in the Syrian desert about 150 km east of Homs, beside the ruins of a great ancient city that flourished in the Roman period, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Palmyra
An archaeological site in Palmyra. Palmyra (Tadmur) is an oasis in the Syrian desert about 150 km east of Homs, beside the ruins of a great ancient city that flourished in the Roman period, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Palmyra
A hotel in Palmyra. Palmyra (Tadmur) is an oasis in the Syrian desert about 150 km east of Homs, beside the ruins of a great ancient city that flourished in the Roman period, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Palmyra
An archaeological site in Palmyra. Palmyra (Tadmur) is an oasis in the Syrian desert about 150 km east of Homs, beside the ruins of a great ancient city that flourished in the Roman period, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Palmyra
The Tetrapylon was a monument of four groups of columns at a bend of the Great Colonnade of Palmyra; the Islamic State group destroyed most of it in 2017.