4 Items
Tomb of Elahbel![](https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/files/square_thumbnails/722becdba909a8790066e3524aec2dd1.jpg)
This is one of the best-preserved tomb towers still extant and preserves many elements of its original fresco and sculptural decoration.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Elahbel, Fresco, Palmyra, Sculpture, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tadmor, Tomb, Tomb Tower
Palmyra Valley of the Tombs![](https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/files/square_thumbnails/f8444047f04c6a20d892c93bce2deba4.jpg)
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 the Valley of the Tombs from Qalat Ibn Maan![](https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/files/square_thumbnails/73a6dc91c8350c3e11b59f785e50ec7f.jpg)
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
Dayr Yakub![](https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/files/square_thumbnails/dc62e41eb083d254fbbff4bf21b888c6.jpg)
Dayr Yakub is a C5th monastery on the edge of the suburbs to the south of Urfa. The monastery is built on the top of a hill above an ancient quarry and clearly appropriated the site of a former pagan sanctuary. The earlier cult complex was also used as a necropolis as well as a place of sacrifice as a Palmyrene-style tomb tower, complete with a Syriac inscription, was incorporated into the later monastery buildings.
Type: Architecture
Tags: C5th, Dayr Yakub, Edessa, Inscription, Monastery, Necropolis, Palmyra, Quarry, Syriac, Syriac Inscription, Tomb Tower, Turkey, Urfa