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Arkawi, A. "TITLE: VISION OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF DESTRUCTED MONUMENTS OF PALMYRA (3D) AS A STEP TO REHABILIATE AND PRESERVE THE WHOLESITE." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W5 (August 18, 2017): 41–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w5-41-2017.

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Syria is one of the world’s most impressive Cultural Heritages in terms of the number and historical significance of its monuments. Palmyra lies in the heart of Syria, an oasis in the midst of the arid desert.it could be considered as a part of this human heritage. In1980 was registered on the world and national heritage list for its huge historical importance. In addition, it was the focus of many studies and researches in the fields of restoration. Then the disaster happened, many monuments were demolished, temple of Ba’al, temple of Bael-shameen, Arch of triumph and the Castle. Lately the Tetrapylon and the Stag. Every Syrian was hurt, the whole world was hurt. The destruction of the city caused its people to become homeless and Palmyra was no longer the oasis we know. We felt pain, so we wanted to make a move, a step forward, to present a work that expresses our love for Palmyra, we organized Palmyra workshop to provide a vision for the reconstruction and revival of the historic site importance. Visions with using new idea & new technology. Palmyra historical areas are considered a large open museum for heritage through history, which is the reason to treat these area as a historical protection precinct and give a vision, ideas, suggestions to the future of Palmary as a first step to preserve the historical buildings& the archeological park.

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Barański, Marek. "Arch Construction in Palmyra (Syria)." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471 (February 24, 2019): 082012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/471/8/082012.

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Kropp, Andreas J. M., and Rubina Raja. "The Palmyra Portrait Project." Syria, no. 91 (June 1, 2014): 393–408. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/syria.2146.

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Elcheikh, Zeina. "Palmyra: a story of ruins, struggle(s) and beyond." Chronos 39 (September 22, 2019): 105–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.31377/chr.v39i0.597.

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For centuries, Palmyra and its ruins have fascinated archeologists, historians and artists. Yet, Palmyra has been a terrain for struggles as well. The emergence of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as a new actor in the Syrian conflict has pushed the damages of heritage monuments and sites to a greater extent, and has also added further ideological meanings to targeting cultural heritage. As a consequence, these atrocities have unleashed debates on a broader level. Several initiatives and projects worldwide have started to document the damages in Palmyra, and to prepare plans for its restoration. This paper focuses on the case of Palmyra, in the light of the atrocities committed by the ISIS militant in summer 2015. Destruction has become a part of Palmyra’s long history, and reconstructing the damages cannot erase the event that inflicted the destruction.

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Nakahashi, Takahiro. "Fieldwork in Palmyra (Syria) and China." Anthropological Science (Japanese Series) 117, no. 1 (2009): 35–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1537/asj.117.35.

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Gawlikowska, Krystyna. "The Glass industry in Palmyra." Syria, no. 92 (June 1, 2015): 291–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/syria.3171.

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Gabriel, Lisa-Marie. "Von der Oase zur antiken Handelsmetropole. Überlegungen zur wirtschaftlichen Rolle und Bedeutung der nahöstlichen Oasenstadt Palmyra im Kontext der römischen Ostexpansion." historia.scribere, no. 9 (June 9, 2017): 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.15203/historia.scribere.9.567.

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From an oasis to an ancient trading metropolis. Considerations about the economic role and importance of the middle eastern oasis of Palmyra in the context of the Roman eastward expansion Numerous publications deal with the versatile ancient oasis Palmyra, which has been known long before the destruction campaign of ISIS as ancient caravan city and long-distance trade center of the Middle East. Nevertheless, little work devoted especially on the economic importance of the old Tadmor. Therefore this bachelor thesis tries to examine Palmyras economic development from an simple oasis in the barren steppe region of present-day Syria to a leading commercial metropolis in the context of the Roman expansion between the 1st century BC and the 3rd century AD.

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AlAsaad, Shaza. "THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF PALMYRA BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR IN SYRIA." Археология Евразийских степей, no. 3 (July 27, 2021): 298–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2021.3.298.306.

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In the article there is example of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, the article examines the problems of loss and preservation of the world historical, cultural, archaeological and architectural heritage in the context of modern local military confl icts. During the periods of Antiquity and the middle Ages, a complex of monuments, unique in composition and size, was formed here, combining ancient Eastern, Roman, Byzantine and Arab elements. During the ongoing acute armed confl ict in Syria, because of the purposeful actions of religious terrorist-extremist organizations, defi ned by the author as an "international historian of cultural terrorism", hesuffered catastrophic damage. An analysis of the scale of this damage, as well as the effectiveness of the efforts of the Syrian authorities, international organizations and the world community, shows that the preservation and restoration of Palmyra's heritage is possible because of painstaking, complex, joint work of all interested parties. Thus, the example of Palmyra showed the military confl icts in the Middle East, along with the actual destruction of entire states, the death of a huge number of people, the economic crisis, millions of refugees, was an attack on the heritage of ancient civilizations, which caused unprecedented loss of world cultural heritage in modern history. Now the world community faces a long and comprehensive joint effort to determine the damage, restore, and prevent further destruction and looting of the cultural heritage of Palmyra and Syria.

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Al-Asʿad, Khaled, Michal Gawlikowski, and Jean-Baptiste Yon. "Aramaic Inscriptions in the Palmyra Museum." Syria, no. 89 (January 1, 2012): 163–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/syria.1478.

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BAIRD, J. A., and ZENA KAMASH. "REMEMBERING ROMAN SYRIA: VALUING TADMOR-PALMYRA, FROM ‘DISCOVERY’ TO DESTRUCTION." Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 62, no. 1 (June 1, 2019): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-5370.12090.

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Abstract The 1753 publication of The Ruins of Palmyra by Robert Wood was key in the formation of archaeological understandings of the site. Examining the original notebooks and drawings of the expedition, which formed the basis for this publication (now held by the Combined Library of the Institute of Classical Studies and the Hellenic and Roman Societies in London), this article examines the relationship between those first documents, the publication, and some of its afterlives. We demonstrate how Wood's treatment of Tadmor-Palmyra and its inhabitants has shaped memories of the site, prioritizing certain narratives and occluding others, a process that continues today.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Syria Palmyra"

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Hartmann, Udo. "Das palmyrenische Teilreich /." Stuttgart : Steiner, 2001. http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/rezensionen/AG-2002-005.

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Bakour, Dina. "L'univers visuel Umayyade : les reliefs ornementaux de Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī conservés dans les réserves de la Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées syriens." Thesis, Paris 1, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PA01H004.

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« L'univers visuel Umayyade : les reliefs ornementaux de Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī conservés dans les réserves de la Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées syriens » se présente en 2 volumes : le volume I qui est le manuscrit qui résume l’ensemble des recherches est composé en 2 parties : la première partie, intitulée « Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī : histoire et architecture » et la deuxième partie intitulée « Vers un nouveau regard sur le programme décoratif et représentatif de Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī ». Le volume II qui est un catalogue qui présente l’iconographie de notre étude par l’apport de photos et d’objets et de sites. Depuis 1936, quand Daniel Schlumberger a commencé ses fouilles dans le site de Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī, et jusqu’à maintenant, les milliers de fragments intégrés dans le corpus du programme décoratif du palais d’al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī n’ont pas pu être intégralement identifiés pour les mettre à la disposition des chercheurs. Nous tenterons donc de répondre du mieux possible sur l’origine des concepteurs et artisans qui ont réalisé ce programme décoratif impressionnant, sur les techniques et les matériaux utilisés, sur la symbolique des détails des motifs ornementaux, etc. Nos recherches montrent que le programme ornemental de Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī appelle à la sérénité, il est achevé, varié et riche artistiquement. L’objectif de ces deux volumes repose sur le témoignage d’une rencontre entre deux cultures et la relation exceptionnelle qui s’est instaurée entre les nouveaux arrivants et les autochtones, dont on peut mesurer l’héritage à Bilād al-Sām. À la fois une relation consensuelle bilatérale d’exception et une évolution culturelle remarquables
"The Umayyad visual universe: the ornamental reliefs of Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī preserved in storage of the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums" comes in 2 volumes: volume I which is the manuscript that summarizes all the research. It is composed of two parts: the first part, entitled « Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī :history and architecture" and the second part entitled "Towards a new look at the decorative and representative program of Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī". Volume II is a catalog that presents the iconography of our study by adding photos of objects and sites. Since 1936, when Daniel Sclumberger began his excavations in the Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī site, and until now, the thousands of fragments embedded in the corpus of the decorative program of the palace of al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī could not be fully identified to make them available to researchers. We will try to answer as possible about the origin of the designers and craftsmen who realized this impressive decorative program, on the techniques and the materials used, on the symbolic details of the ornamental motifs, etc. Our research will show that Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Gharbī’s ornamental program calls for serenity, without any sign of violence and war, it is completed, varied and artistically rich. The objective of these two volumes is based on the testimony of a meeting between two cultures and the exceptional relationship that has developed between newcomers and natives, whose legacy can be measured in Bilād al-Sām. Both an exceptional bilateral consensual relationship and a remarkable cultural evolution

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Yon, Jean-Baptiste. "Les notables de Palmyre, Ier s. Av. J. -C. -IIIe s. Apr. J. -C. : études d'histoire sociale." Tours, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999TOUR2027.

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La thèse utilise l'épigraphie gréco-latine (en jetant les bases d'un corpus), l'épigraphie sémitique palmyrénienne et les informations archéologiques du site, pour mettre en relief les caractères originaux de Palmyre qui passa d'une société à base tribale à une civilisation qu'influence de plus en plus l'empire romain. La ville partage beaucoup de traits avec le reste de la province romaine, malgré sa position excentrée et ses contacts constants avec des zones moins hellénisées, mais reste empreinte des cultures « orientales » (araméenne, mais aussi arabe, iranienne, babylonienne). On peut définir l'identité de la ville et de ceux de ses habitants qui apparaissent le mieux, des notables, dont la personnalité est parfois connue. Ils participaient au fonctionnement de la cite grecque de Palmyre et on peut reconstituer des carrières et souligner l'existence de familles qui monopolisent la scène publique. Mais cet aspect classique, gréco-romain, s'accompagne de la permanence de la culture locale (langue, art, religion, onomastique). Le commerce caravanier qui fit la gloire de Palmyre est un autre lieu où étudier le rôle des notables et leur influence, hors de la cité et dans l'empire. A Palmyre même, on peut cartographier leur position sociale grâce à ce qu'ils ont bâti selon les modalités propres à l'évergétisme de Palmyre. Les notables étaient de plus entourés de catégories de population qui sont plus discrètes dans les sources (femmes ou affranchis), mais dont l'existence et l'activité n'étaient pas négligeables (ainsi la reine Zénobie). Les notables, par delà leur propre vie, mettaient en scène la puissance de leur famille, par des constructions de tombeaux. Ces monuments sont aussi le signe d'une pénétration peut-être de plus en plus forte de coutumes qui ont leur origine dans l'empire romain, sans que disparaissent en aucune manière les traditions originales, en premier lieu l'usage de l'araméen.

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Dirven, Lucinda. "The Palmyrenes in Dura-Europos : a study of religious interaction in Roman Syria /." Leiden : [s.n.], 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb371882041.

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Bounni, Adnan. "Le Sanctuaire de Nabû à Palmyre : l'architecture, la divinité, les inscriptions." Paris 1, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA010661.

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Genequand, Denis. "Les élites omeyyades en Palmyrène : contribution à l'étude des aspects fonctionnels et économiques des établissements aristocratiques omeyyades du Bilad al-Sham." Paris 1, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA010527.

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Cette thèse comprend en deux parties. La première consiste en une présentation de travaux archéologiques qui ont été menés sur la Palmyrène à l'époque omeyyade, en particulier à Palmyre, al-Bakhra et Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi. La seconde partie regroupe trois essais traitant des aspects formels et fonctionnels des établissements aristocratiques omeyyades du Bilad alSham, les «châteaux du désert». Le premier s'attache à définir les différentes composantes des établissements et à proposer une typologie. Leur rôle économique est analysé dans le second; il est démontré qu'une majorité de ces établissements a eu un rôle économique et, en tant que propriétés foncières, ceux-ci ont été un moyen d'investissement et une source de revenu pour les nouvelles élites islamiques. Le troisième essai fait le point sur leurs fonctions multiples et. Montre que ce furent d'abord les lieux de résidence et de vie des nouvelles élites islamiques; il met aussi l'accent sur leur fonction politique et diplomatique.

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Matar, Anis. "Contribution à l'étude sismotectonique de la Syrie (Alghab)." Phd thesis, Grenoble 1, 1990. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00688876.

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Ce travail consiste en une analyse des rapports entre la sismicité et les structures tectoniques en Syrie. Les structures ont été étudiées : 1/ Dans la région des Palmyrides où l'on a cherché à estimer l'ampleur du raccourcissement subi par la chaine ; 2/ Par l'analyse des structures cassantes du fossé d'Alghab. La réalisation de coupes équilibrées interprétatives de la chaine des Palmyrldes a permis de proposer un chemin cinématique entre l'état avant déformatlon et l'état actuel et d'estimer le raccourcissement de l'ensemble de la chaine des Palmyrides à une vingtaine de kilomètres. La mesure systématique de plans striés et leur traitement statistique par la méthode des dièdres droits permet de reconstituer des systèmes de paléocontralntes tant locaux que régionaux : extension NE-SW, compression décrochante N-S. L'état de contraintes calculé montre que le mécanisme dominant dans cette partie de la faille du Levant est en décrochement pur et responsable de la formation d'un bassin pull-apart d'Alghab. Ce fossé correspond à un déplacement sénestre d'environ 46 km, ce qui est compatible avec un âge pllo-quaternaire correspondant à une vitesse moyenne de déplacement de 8 à 9 mm/an, pour la plaque arabique. Les études de la sismologie, historique et Instrumentale, à partir de 3600 ans avant J.C. ont permis d'établir un catalogue de la sismicité, ainsi que deux cartes d'activité sismique liée à la tectonique (carte slsmotectonique) où apparaissent "les différentes zones d'activité de la Syrie: 1 - Zone de faille du Levant. 2 - Nord de la Syrie. 3 - Zone Palmyride. Il est possible d'évaluer le risque sismique potentiel pour chaque zone.

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Kassem, Abdulrahmen. "Étude hydrogéologique et hydrochimique sur : la géochimie qualité de l'eau et en particulier sa pollution fluorée et sulfatée dans une région aride et semi-aride (Palmyre, Homs, Hama) en Syrie." Nancy 1, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990NAN10122.

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L'étude hydrogéologique et hydrochimique de la région comprise entre le bassin d'El Ghab et Sabkha d'El Mouh (Syrie) fait apparaître une augmentation de la salinité et de la pollution de l'eau en F#, CL#, SO#4## et NA#+ d'Ouest en Est en fonction de la température, de la pluviosité et de la nature des sols. Les eaux de bonne qualité sont localisées dans les massifs calcaires de la chaîne côtière et dans la partie occidentale des palmyrides. Dans les eaux de l'Oronte, on note l'augmentation de la teneur des éléments PO#4###, F#, CL#, SO#4##, NA#+ et K#+. Ceci est due à la pollution industrielle, domestique et à l'utilisation d'engrais phosphatés. Ces pollutions diminuent la qualité de l'eau qui acquiert des caractères physiques et chimiques qui dépassent les normes internationales et de ce fait représente un danger pour les populations

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Doležálková, Věra. "Postavení karavanního obchodu v hospodářství římské Sýrie." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-345458.

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This diploma thesis deals with the issue ancient caravan trade in the region of Roman Syria. The available evidence on ancient over-land trade is analyzed here, as well as its routes, main trade commodities, and historical events connected with the trade in the Near Eastern Roman provinces. The intention was to process all the accessible sources concerning the local epigraphy in its urban context, complemented by examinations of the archaeology of the city and narrative sources. The goods arriving to the province of Syria are divided typologically and also according to their utilization and provenience. The prices of main trade commodities are summarized in the chart. The main trade routes crossing the region of the Roman province of Syria are divided geographically into southern and northern routes, and to the routes leading westwards from Palmyra or Antioch to the Mediterranean ports. I also explored the caravan trade of south Arabia mediated by the Nabateans, and its development according to Roman provincial policy. According to the analyzed sources, the decline of the Nabatean trade is examined. The decline was primarily caused by the Roman effort to weaken the influence of the Nabatean kingdom. The key issue of the thesis reveals the Palmyra's caravan trade development in its hinterland and...

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Books on the topic "Syria Palmyra"

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Roman Palmyra: Identity, community, and state formation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Zenobia of Palmyra: History, myth and the neo-classical imagination. London: Duckworth, 2010.

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Sommer, Michael. Palmyra. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Sommer, Michael. Palmyra: A History. Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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Sommer, Michael. Palmyra: A History. Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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Sommer, Michael. Palmyra: A History. Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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Palmyra: A History. Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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Sommer, Michael. Palmyra: A History. Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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William, Ware. Zenobia: The Fall of Palmyra. BiblioBazaar, 2006.

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Palmyra: Mirage in the Desert. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.

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Schmidt-Colinet, Andreas. "Remote Sensing Work in Palmyra/Syria." In Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Landscapes, 273–83. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10979-0_15.

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Schmidt-Colinet, Andreas. "Recent Destructions in Palmyra, Syria: Looting and Illegal Antiquities Trade." In Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Landscapes, 19–28. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10979-0_2.

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Millar, Fergus. "A Syriac Codex from Near Palmyra and the ‘Ghassanid’ Abokarib." In Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies (volume 16), edited by George Kiraz, 15–36. Piscataway, NJ, USA: Gorgias Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.31826/9781463236076-002.

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Fagan, Brian. "Palmyra and Petra." In From Stonehenge to Samarkand. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195160918.003.0010.

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Syria is a palimpsest of antiquity, a country scattered with evocative ruins from a tumultuous past. “This kingdom hath suffered many alterations,” wrote the Scottish traveler William Lithgow, who wandered through the country in 1612. The landscape teems with Crusader castles, Roman ruins, traces of Byzantium. Early travelers found a strange incongruity, with magnificent temples rising among “hovels,” and with what the nineteenth-century English artist William H. Bartlett called “the shapeless structures of the peasantry.” He added, “It is a strange irony to find baths and theatres in such a country, or triumphal avenues down which only a flock of ragged goats are driven out and back at dawn and sunset.” Bartlett visited Bostra, 9 miles (14 kilometers) south of Damascus, which was once a great desert caravan city and the capital of Roman Arabia before Palmyra came into prominence. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Bostra was the first Byzantine city to fall to Islam, and it became an important stop on the pilgrimage route to Mecca. Today, Bostra is most famous for its Roman amphitheater with its perfect acoustics and seating for 15,000 people. Bartlett observed the city from miles away: Bostra stood up, black and imposing, before us for miles before we arrived, a mass of columns and triumphal arches with the castle dominating the whole. I went up the square tower of the minaret and looked out over the town—columns and black square towers over every ruined church and mosque, and the big castle, and the countless masses of fallen stone. . . . Such a spectacle of past magnificence and present squalor it would be difficult to conceive. There were inscriptions everywhere, Latin, Greek, Cufic and Arabic, built into the walls of the Fellahin houses, topsy turvy, together with the perforated slabs that were once windows, and bits of columns and capitals of pillars. . . . At last he [the Mamur, Bartlett’s self-appointed guide] took me to the top of the castle and introduced me to the head of the soldiers, who produced chairs and coffee on his roof-top, and subsequently glasses of arack [commonly “arrack,” a strong alcoholic drink made of fermented palm sap, rive, or molasses] and water in his room below.

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Kanjou, Youssef. "The Consequences of the Destruction of Syrian Heritage on the Syrian Identity and Future Generations." In Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology, 322–24. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190673161.003.0021.

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This chapter is a lament on the tremendous material and human losses from war in Syria. Palmyra and the Old City of Aleppo are two disastrous examples. The sites of Mari, Ebla, and Emar have been looted, and archaeological investigations have ceased. All of this desecration deprives Syrians of knowledge about their identity. What are the underlying causes of this massive destruction of cultural heritage? One is the legalistic and alienating way the government preserved and presented antiquities, leaving people with little agency or understanding of their heritage. During the recent war, antiquities have been exploited by extremists for propaganda purposes to gain monetary and ideological support. At this critical juncture, it is important to educate Syrians about their heritage so that they will appreciate and protect it. Syrian school children currently have no such opportunity. History tells us, however, that Syria has the resources to recover and prosper again.

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Balty, Janine. "Le rinceau d’acanthe à fond noir dans la mosaïque syrienne : l’exemple de Mariamin." In Classica Orientalia. Essays presented to Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski on his 75th Birthday, 73–88. DiG Publisher, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.37343/pcma.uw.dig.9788371817212.pp.73-88.

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The motif of masks appearing in the ornamental “inhabited” scrolling plant borders of mosaics from the 2nd and 3rd century AD, discovered in Syria (Apamea and Palmyra among others) is discussed based on the border of the Mosaic of the Musicians from Mariamin in Syria, which is one of the most complex and best preserved of its kind, dated to the close of the 2nd century AD. The origin of the motif and its significance—protection of the house and tomb offered by mythical figures like Oceanus and the Gorgons—is considered, chronological issues concerning the motif and its longevity in late antique Christian art.

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Mills, Simon. "‘Factor to a Worthy Principle’." In A Commerce of Knowledge, 143–60. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198840336.003.0005.

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Chapter 4 begins with an account of Robert Huntington’s collecting of inscriptions and coins in Syria. It goes on to describe Huntington’s antiquarian acquisitions in Egypt, exploring what his letters reveal about the market for antiquities in the seventeenth century, and Huntington’s dependence on the Catholic missionaries and French commercial infrastructures. The second part of the chapter focuses on two early English journeys to Palmyra. Huntington’s 1678 expedition reveals largely the perils of travel beyond the relative safety of the city limits. In 1691, William Hallifax had more success, yet the chapter explains the problems he faced in attempting to copy the then unknown Palmyrene script, and in describing unfamiliar objects through the lens of long-familiar books.

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Linck, Roland. "Geophysical Prospection by Ground- and Space-based Methods of the Ancient Town of Palmyra (Syria)." In Palmyrena: City, Hinterland and Caravan Trade between Orient and Occident, 77–86. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvxrq0dc.12.

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Einboden, Jeffrey. "“Go to Mecca; and God will Render you Victorious”." In Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives, 74–85. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190844479.003.0008.

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This chapter details Thomas Jefferson’s role on translating Comte de Volney’s highly-charged political text Ruins. The Ruins formed not only a revolutionary work but also a critique of divine revelation, offering a “lesson of religion’s tyranny”—a “lesson” which Volney set in Muslim lands. A fanciful meditation on the imperial past, and the promises of human progress, Volney’s Ruins opens with an unnamed traveler, who narrates his arrival to Palmyra, in modern-day Syria, where he marvels at the ancient debris of this Middle Eastern city. In the English rendition that Jefferson would fashion, this work’s initial chapter entitled simply “Voyage”—begins with its narrator’s passage eastward, traversing exotic places. Giving new life to a fugitive in Muslim lands, Jefferson becomes a linguistic pilgrim via translation, his first-person English carrying forward this Middle Eastern narrative.

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James, Simon. "The Big Picture." In The Roman Military Base at Dura-Europos, Syria. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198743569.003.0014.

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It is now twenty years since Fergus Millar highlighted the importance of the spectacular archaeological discoveries made at the ancient city known today as Dura-Europos. While praising the energy of the original excavators, he set out the shortcomings of the limited available publications, and called for ‘the entire corpus of material from Dura’, published and unpublished, ‘to be systematically reviewed’ (Millar 1998, 474). Research and publication had, in fact, never entirely ceased, and a new generation of scholars was already busy on both archive and site when Millar wrote. Since then, both the scale and pace of work have sharply increased, effectively developing into a renaissance in Dura studies. It is hoped that what follows will constitute a significant contribution to this wider current enterprise, regarding a key aspect of the city in the final century of its existence: the highly obtrusive Roman military presence. Imperial soldiers were always central to the story of Dura- Europos on the Syrian Euphrates. Founded by soldiers of one empire, it was eventually destroyed in conflict between those of two more, and was even revealed to modern scholarship by troops of a fourth. In 1920 Indian soldiers of the British empire, on what we would now call counter-insurgency operations, camped in the ruins known as Salhiyeh, the ancient name of which was unknown. They started digging defensive trenches, and were surprised to discover wall paintings, one of which depicted a Roman auxiliary regiment making sacrifice (Breasted 1924). The military tribune Julius Terentius, named in Latin, is seen offering incense before three Palmyrene gods, and the Tychai of Palmyra and Dura. Thus the name—as it turned out, one of the twin names—of the city was rediscovered, as was the fact that it had a Roman garrison, here on the eastern fringe of Rome’s empire. Subsequent scientific excavations revealed its other name given by its original Macedonian soldier-settlers: Europos. They also revealed that, in the decades before Dura’s violent destruction by the Sasanians (AD c.256) and permanent abandonment, one of the most prominent features inside its walls was a sprawling Roman military base.

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Conference papers on the topic "Syria Palmyra"

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Gutteridge, Peter, Jonathan Hall, and Lana Hamdoun. "High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Development of the Kurrachine Dolomite, Ash Shaer Field, Palmyra, Syria." In GEO 2010. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609-pdb.248.197.

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