Palmyra

The bride of the desert is located at a distance of 235 worth Kms north east of Damascus beyond Al-Qaryatein and Qasr al-' Hir Al-Gharbi at a distance of 160 Kms East of Homs.

Its intermediate geographic position made it the most important commercial center between Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean Sea.

Excavations show that it was inhabited since the Paleolithic age.

It was inhabited by the Amorites and Arameans, then it yielded to the Romans in the first century A.D.and was conquered by the Moslem Arabs under the leadership of Khaled Ibn el-Waleed in 636 A.D. (a separate brochure for Palmyra is available).

The most important ruins in Palmyra:
Bel Temple, Baal-Shamin Temple, Nebo Temple, The colonnaded Street , The Theater, The (Agora), The Tombs, The museum, The Citadel of Fakhr Eddin Al-Ma'ni.

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