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Palmyra
Palmyra
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      • The origins of Palmyra
      • An oasis: environment and climate
      • A caravan city
      • Ancient sources
      • Greco-Roman Palmyra
      • From the Temple of Bel to Zenobia
      • Palmyrene society
      • The gods of Palmyra
      • Urbanism and architecture
      • Public and monumental edifices
      • Temple of Bel
      • Temple of Baalshamin
      • Other sanctuaries
      • The necropolis
      • The arts in Palmyra
      • Sculpture
      • Mural painting
      • Tesserae
      • Clothes and body decorations
      • The rediscovery of Palmyra
      • Rediscovery in the 17th century
      • Deciphering Palmyrene
      • Cassas and the legacy of Palmyra
      • Archaeological missions
      • The Collart collection
    • Queen Zenobia
    • Wife of Odaenathus
    • The conflict with Aurelian
    • Zenobia’s legacy
    • Palmyra at the Louvre Museum
    • Bust of Yarhai
    • Bust of Ummayat
    • Relief of Maliku
    • Triad of Baalshamin
    • Incense altar
    • Rectangular tessera
    • Robert Amy in Palmyra (1930-1945)
    • Architecture and archaeology
    • Surveying the Temple of Bel
    • Robert Amy in the Near East
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Palmyra

The oasis of Palmyra is a point of convergence of several trade routes in northwestern Syria. Mentionned in textual sources as early as the 2nd millennium B.C., the city knew its apogee in the Greco-Roman period, particularly under the reign of Queen Zenobia.

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  • Home
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  • Explore the site
    • The origins of Palmyra
      • An oasis: environment and climate
      • A caravan city
      • Ancient sources
    • Greco-Roman Palmyra
      • From the Temple of Bel to Zenobia
      • Palmyrene society
      • The gods of Palmyra
    • Urbanism and architecture
      • Public and monumental edifices
      • Temple of Bel
      • Temple of Baalshamin
      • Other sanctuaries
      • The necropolis
    • The arts in Palmyra
      • Sculpture
      • Mural painting
      • Tesserae
      • Clothes and body decorations
    • The rediscovery of Palmyra
      • Rediscovery in the 17th century
      • Deciphering Palmyrene
      • Cassas and the legacy of Palmyra
      • Archaeological missions
      • The Collart collection
  • Queen Zenobia
    • Wife of Odaenathus
    • The conflict with Aurelian
    • Zenobia’s legacy
  • Palmyra at the Louvre Museum
    • Bust of Yarhai
    • Bust of Ummayat
    • Relief of Maliku
    • Triad of Baalshamin
    • Incense altar
    • Rectangular tessera
  • Robert Amy in Palmyra (1930-1945)
    • Architecture and archaeology
    • Surveying the Temple of Bel
    • Robert Amy in the Near East
  • Resources
    • Media library
  • The collection
    • Credits
    • About us
    • Actors in archaeology
    • Contact
    • Content uploading platform
    • Legal notice

Explore the site

  • The origins of Palmyra
  • Greco-Roman Palmyra
  • Urbanism and architecture
  • The arts in Palmyra
  • The rediscovery of Palmyra

Queen Zenobia

  • Wife of Odaenathus
  • The conflict with Aurelian
  • Zenobia’s legacy

Palmyra at the Louvre Museum

  • Bust of Yarhai
  • Bust of Ummayat
  • Relief of Maliku
  • Triad of Baalshamin
  • Altar
  • Rectangular tessera

Robert Amy in Palmyra (1930-1945)

  • Architecture and archaeology
  • Surveying the Temple of Bel
  • Robert Amy in the Near East

Resources

  • Media library
  • Site plan

The collection

  • About us
  • Actors in archaeology
  • Contact
  • Content uploading platform
  • Legal notice
  • Credits

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