#Palmyra

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damascusbaby

the destruction of Palmyra by ISIS— photos taken by Joseph Eid the city of Palmyra, Syria (تدمر) dates back to 2000 BC when it was established under the Roman empire

Photos Historiques

cn_ktp

1930, Palmyra, Homs, Syria. Native lines up their camels to ride before the gateway at Palmyra. Palmyra is an ancient Semitic city in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and do

Naqad Studies

NaqadStudies

Last week we talked about Jewish and Allat-Athena cultic evidence in the Late Antique Syrian city of Palmyra. But what about Palmyrene archeology of the early Islamic period?Let's have a

Michael Press

MichaelDPress

How did funerary reliefs and other ancient artifacts from Palmyra make their way around the world? And what, if anything, should be done about it today?A thread for #MuseumsUnlocked Left:

Jett Goldsmith

JettGoldsmith

Architecture critic @RowanMoore says he last traveled to Syria in 2009, in order to write an ill-timed piece extolling the virtues of travel to the country. Now, Mr. Moore is

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

A thread of threads on @stephenniem's posts on Islamic art, archaeology, and cultural heritage this week, in which we traveled from Damascus to Delhi and from Palmyra to Palermo and

EJ Watson

ejwatson

Some thoughts on the three “temples” of Mormonism and how I’m managing to reconcile my commitment to the Latter-day Saint spiritual path with my inability to take part in the

Michael Press

MichaelDPress

Looks like the Antiquities Coalition is misrepresenting threats to Middle Eastern antiquities again -- this time for a GIS audience.https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/maps-take-aim-at-antiquities-looters/ One of the main points of this article

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Five years and three months ago today, ISIS entered the museum in Mosul and began to destroy ancient statues with pickaxes and sledgehammers. They claimed they were destroying "false idols"

Maria Dimitrakarakou

dimitrakarakou

19Hello I’m Maria Dimitrakarakou my presentation for this #pubarchMEDfin essay: our Cultural Heritage: Reconnect – Rebuild – RethinkOpening, from the first historical representations of the Parthenon (Cyriacus of Ancona, 1436)

Rob Lee

RALee85

Various photos of Russian MoD spetsnaz in Syria.https://vk.com/russian_sof?z=photo-138000218_457262345%2Falbum-138000218_00%2Frev Photos of Russian spetsnaz, the first purportedly of GRU 14th Spetsnaz Brigade razvedchiki, in Syria. 2/https://t.me/ok_

Ramakrishna Kongalla🇮🇳

artist_rama

Do you think Kundalas (Earrings) worn by our Gods are just ornaments?Let us understand what they mean...There are 5 Kinds of Kundalas (Earrings)@ReclaimTemples @punarutthana @LostTemple7 1.Patra Kundala – made of

Michel Lara

VeraCausa9

A thread/photographic essay of humans among Classical ruins where Time, master of men, reigns supreme. A Peloponnesian shepherd sits among the ancient ruins of the athletes' entrance to the Olympic

Michael Press

MichaelDPress

Reading this, you'd never know:*several* groups looted Palmyra (despite the obligatory lead image);most looting in Syria was probably *not* done by ISIS;"blood antiquities" in Syria are a much bigger problem

James Bejon

JamesBejon

@PJWilliams has a brilliant article on the Gospels’ birth narratives in the latest edition of ‘Ink’ (linked below),which is full of characteristic insight:https://twitter.com/Tyndale_House/status/1197912702733172748 Below are some extra observations

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

It is said that Solomon taught his vizier and scribe, Asif wisdom. And on account of his knowledge of God’s Names and the Secret Letters and mastery of the djinn,