Visitors walking in the Ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syrian Desert

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Palmyra, Syria- November 28, 2008: Visitors walking in the Ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syrian Desert. Dating back to the Neolithic era, the city of Palmyra, was a strategically located oasis first attested in the early second millennium BC as a caravan stop for travelers crossing the Syrian Desert. Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the annals of the Assyrian kings, Palmyra was subsequently incorporated into the Seleucid Empire, followed by the Roman Empire which brought it great prosperity. It is saddening that its present Roman ruins, declared by UNESCO as a world heritage site, have come to be endangered in the 21st century by regional military and political strife.

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Location: Palmyra, Syria
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