Ancient city of Palmyra (Palmyra (Tadmur))

Palmyra (Arabic: تدمر) was in ancient times an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 120 km southwest of the Euphrates. It has long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert.
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Categories: monument, ruins, archaeological site, interesting place, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra
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Coordinates:  34°33'1"N 38°16'7"E

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  • Archaeology of Syria: Roman - Byzantine? Amorite or Arab? From the oldest Rome or tadmur. ? Information documented by some Western historians are fair-minded and not from the Arabs Take the truth of foreign historians Such as Pierre Rossi - Durant, American historian The emergence of Rome dates back to 753 BC. M (eighth century BC) is known, as it destroys mentioned in number two digits of the ancient Syrian city of Mari (Tel Hariri, the Syrian al-Furat today) tadmur. for the year 1800 BC. M, before Thousand years of the emergence of Rome and before the emergence of the three monotheistic religions?! Google Translate