Palmyra Or Tadmur Ancient Aramaic Temple Ruins Of Ba'al From 1st to the 2nd Century AD, Damascus Central Syria The Middle East

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Palmyra was an ancient Aramaic city Of Syria or Persia Near An Oasis 200 km from Damascus, and most famous for its ancient temple ruins to the god Ba'al a name which refers to any ancient god. There had been a temple city at Palmyra for around 2000 years (2nd millennium BC) long Ago well before the Romans eventually Arrived, In Its Current form a large stone-walled chamber with columns outside, is much closer to the sort of Ancient Architecture attributed to Solomon Persia And Greece than to Roman . A Hellenistic temple by origin with many shrines a colonnaded street, monumental arch's, Greco-Roman stone theater all still survive.

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Location: Palmyra Ruins Near Damascus Central Syria In The Middle East
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