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Palmyra Basilica
Very little evidence of a large Christian presence in Palmyra has yet been discovered. This picture shows what is thought to be one of several basilicas in the north-western quarter of the city.
Type: Archaeological Site
Tags: Archaeology, Basilica, Church, Palmyra, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tadmor
Palmyrene inscription
This inscription was photographed in the vicinity of the Temple of Baalshamin.
Type: Inscription
Tags: Archaeology, Inscription, Palmyra, Palmyrene, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tadmor
Palmyra Valley of the Tombs
These pictures show some of the tomb towers that populate the 'Valley of the Tombs' the most famous necropolis associated with Palmyra and located south of the ancient city.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Palmyra, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tadmor, Tomb, Tomb Tower, Valley of the Tombs
View of Palmyra looking west towards Qalat Ibn Maan
These pictures were taken from in front of the Temple of Bel looking west towards Qalat Ibn Maan.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Palmyra, Qalat Ibn Maan, Roman, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tadmor
View of the Valley of the Tombs from Qalat Ibn Maan
These photographs show the valley dotted with tomb towers south of the ruins of Palmyra. The pictures were taken from the hill on which the castle stands.
Type: Archaeological Site
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Palmyra, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tadmor, Tomb, Tomb Tower
View of Palmyra from the direction of Qalat Ibn Maan
These photographs are looking in the direction of the Temple of Bel from the base of the hill on which the castle stands.
Type: Archaeological Site
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Palmyra, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tadmor
General views over Palmyra looking south
These views look south from the Temple of Baalshamin over the main colonnade of the city.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Palmyra, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tadmor
Palmyra Temple of Baalshamin
The Temple of Baalshamin dates from the early C1st and was extended during Hadrian's reign in the C2nd. Until its destruction by IS on August 24th 2015, the cella of the temple was perfectly preserved although the surrounding enclosure did not survive so completely. It was the second most significant sanctuary in Palmyra after the Temple of Bel and was much smaller than its more famous neighbour, being located to north of the Roman era town.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Baalshamin, Palmyra, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tadmor, Temple
Site visit to Dayr Mar Elian with students in 2010
These pictures were taken on the way to begin excavations at Zalabiyeh in 2010 and show the state of the Syrian excavation, site museum and elements of the new church and cloister to the north as they stood in the last year before the Syrian civil war began.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Architecture, Church, Dayr Mar Elian, Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project, Monastery, Museum, Qaryatayn, Syria, Syrian Civil War
Dayr Mar Elian Museum
This small exhibition space was established in the restored room north of the tower at Mar Elian and held the fragments of Byzantine reliquaries found during the excavations, along with ceramic and glass objects. This included a number of C19th amphorae that had been uncovered west of the 1938 church and which environmental analysis revealed had held wine or grape molasses.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Dayr Mar Elian, Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project, Mar Elian, Mar Elian esh-Sharqi, Museum, Qaryatayn, Syria, Syrian Civil War