Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

The ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Syria’s central Homs province, stands as a haunting reminder of ...

The report "seeks to inspire local and international communities to recognize the threats facing Palmyra and the pressing need to rehabilitate and reconstruct its archaeological site, oasis and ...

2023 45COM 7A.45 - Site of Palmyra (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 23bis) 2023 45COM 7A.46 - General Decision on the World Heritage properties of the Syrian Arab Republic 2023 45COM 8C.2 - Update of the ...

Despite widespread destruction throughout the ancient city of Palmyra at the hands of Islamic State (ISIS) militants, all is not lost, according to a recent UN assessment of the site. "Despite the ...

Caption AAAS analyzed satellite images of six Syrian World Heritage sites: the Ancient City of Aleppo; the Ancient City of Bosra; the Ancient City of Damascus; the Ancient Site of Palmyra; a site ...

An oasis in the Syrian desert, north-east of Damascus, Palmyra contains the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world. From the 1st to ...