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Palmyra ( / pælˈmaɪrə / pal-MY-rə; Palmyrene: 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴 ( ), romanized: Tadmor; Arabic: تَدْمُر, romanized : Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part of the Levant, now in the center of modern Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second ...
Roman Syria. Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of King of Armenia Tigranes the Great, who had become the protector of the Hellenistic kingdom of Syria. [ 1]
The Monumental Arch, also called the Arch of Triumph ( Arabic: قوس النصر) or the Arch of Septimius Severus, was an ornamental archway in Palmyra, Syria. It was built in the 3rd century during the reign of emperor Septimius Severus. Its ruins later became one of the main attractions of Palmyra until it was officially destroyed by the ...
As of 2016, six sites in Syria are included. [ 2] The first site in Syria, Ancient City of Damascus, was inscribed on the list at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France in 1979. [ 3] Ancient City of Bosra and Site of Palmyra were inscribed the following year as the second and the third site, while Ancient City of ...
Roman temple of Jupiter. The Temple of Hadad-Ramman continued to serve a central role in the city, and when the Romans conquered Damascus in 64 BCE they assimilated Hadad with their own god of thunder, Jupiter. [4] Thus, they engaged in a project to reconfigure and expand the temple under the direction of Damascus-born architect Apollodorus ...
At the height of the Islamic State group's rampage across Syria, the world watched in horror as the militants blew up an iconic arch and temple in the country’s famed Roman ruins in Palmyra.
Caesarea was built in Roman-ruled Judea under the Jewish client king Herod the Great during c. 22-10/9 BCE near the ruins of the small naval station of Straton's Tower. [6] Roman and medieval ruins in "Kaisarieh", drawn for the 1871-77 PEF Survey of Palestine The Roman aqueduct The theatre Columns Mosaics The Herodian hippodrome
2013–present. The Temple of Bel ( Arabic: معبد بعل ), sometimes also referred to as the "Temple of Baal ", was an ancient temple located in Palmyra, Syria. The temple, consecrated to the Mesopotamian god Bel, worshipped at Palmyra in triad with the lunar god Aglibol and the sun god Yarhibol, formed the center of religious life in ...