Wealth, culture, and power dwelled in the city of Palmyra in the third century A.D. This cosmopolitan capital of the Roman province of the same name lay close to the empire’s eastern borders ...
The capital of an Arab client state under the Roman Empire, Palmyra holds particular significance as the site where Queen Zenobia famously led a brief rebellion in the third century, carving out ...
PALMYRA, Syria — Experts are returning to ... The ancient city was the capital of an Arab client state of the Roman Empire that briefly rebelled and carved out its own kingdom in the third ...
PALMYRA, Syria (AP ... The ancient city was the capital of an Arab client state of the Roman Empire that briefly rebelled and carved out its own kingdom in the third century, led by Queen ...
Significant landmarks like Palmyra and Crac des Chevaliers, damaged by years of conflict, are seeing the return of local tourists while international support is being sought for major restorations.