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PALMYRA : CITY OF PALMS
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"Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could look so refreshing...Moslem story-tellers ascribe the building of Palmyra to the Jinn commandeered by Soloman..."
T.E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
 
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 Tomb with a View 

Looking at the ruins from a tower tomb.  The Palmyrene souls must have witnessed the destruction of the city and the massacre of the inhabitants. 

City wall and city in view
Tomb Visit 

In the Valley of Tombs 
Tower tombs litter the area 
 
 

 
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The City from Qalaat ibn Maan 
Palm oasis behind the ruins and 
desert prison camp to the right 
 
Moon-scape 

Sunset at the  
Qalaat ibn Maan 
 

  
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Aleppo : Fair City of the North
 
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