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This article is about the ancient city of Palmyra. For the modern city, also known as Tadmur, see Palmyra (modern). For other uses, see Palmyra (disambiguation).
Jan 12, 2018 · Palmyra is an archaeological site in Syria. Founded in the third millennium B.C. as the settlement of Tadmor, it became a major trading post on the Silk Road.
Jun 13, 2024 · Palmyra, ancient city in south-central Syria, 130 miles (210 km) northeast of Damascus. The name Palmyra, meaning “city of palm trees,” was conferred upon the city by its Roman rulers in the 1st century ce; Tadmur, Tadmor, or Tudmur, the pre-Semitic name of the site, is also still in use.
Built around an oasis in the Syrian desert, Tadmur or Palmyra, “city of palms,” was one of the most important trade and cultural centers of the ancient world. Palmyra had a distinctive local culture that was incorporated into the Roman Empire in the first century C.E.
Ancient Palmyra's tomb portraits, a critical link in the Silk Routes, suffered irreparable harm when ISIS overran the city. The destruction and looting of these cultural treasures sparked global outrage.
Oct 2, 2021 · Palmyra became one of the most important cities in the ancient world because its culture promoted trade. In particular, the Palmyrenes benefited from caravans that took exotic items from the east to the west and vice versa.
Mar 28, 2016 · In Palmyra, history is literally written on the walls: across temples and above doorways, encircling funerary monuments and snaking up the towering limestone columns that rise above the Syrian ...
Aug 26, 2015 · How Ancient Palmyra, Now in ISIS's Grip, Grew Rich and Powerful. A distinctly multicultural trading center grew rich on trade between east and west, until it rebelled against its most powerful ...
Palmyra has a long and complex settlement history, with a good bit of "ebb and flow" under the Byzantine empire, the Arab caliphate, the Ottoman empire ... Overall it experienced contraction from which it never recovered.
The impressive remains of the ancient caravan city of Palmyra stand in the middle of the desolate Tadmorean Desert in Syria. All around are natural barriers: mountains to the north, west and southwest, while to the east and south are dry flatlands, with the volcanic basalt desert of the Hauran merging into Jordan.
