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Palmyra
Syria · Roman province·Syria·Founded 1st c. BCE (Aramean)
Caravan city on the trade route between Rome and the Silk Road. Great colonnaded street, Temple of Bel.
Uninhabited and badly damaged by ISIS occupation from 2015 to 2017, which destroyed the Temple of Bel, the Baalshamin temple, and the Arch of Triumph; restoration efforts continue.
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