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Palmyra after Zenobia

Queen Zenobia

Queen of Palmyra

Christianity has been established in Palmyra in the fourth century AD, and when pagan temples were closed Emperor Theodosius time at the end of that century, was converted major structures in the temple, but the temple Baalchmin and other churches. In the late fifth century and sixth century AD was destroying one of the centers Algsanyen allies State of rum. Historian Procopius was narrated that the Byzantine emperor Justinian (527-565m) sought to strengthen the walls destroyed by adding a round towers have also been in the custody of the water system is fixed.

In the year 634 AD open Khaled ibn al-Walid (Islamic army commander) destroy a ladder, and regained destroyed under the Umayyad deal of previous Ohimitha, and then neglected the Abbasid Caliphate.

At the beginning of atheist century hit by a great earthquake demolished buildings and died under the rubble section of the population. Then the city got up again days Alboraan, Otabkh Damascus in the twelfth century Ayyubid and in the twelfth and thirteenth century until the days of the Mamluks in the third century AD and continued to the fifth century AD. In those days, but the temple has become the fortress which houses most of the town and on the central structure of a mosque, where he praises Ibn Fadlallah age in the fourteenth century AD, destroyed houses and orchards and trade.

And the acceleration of bad condition destroys the days of the Ottomans (1516-1919m), and the village ordered her to suffer invasions of the Bedouins. The castle, which oversees the Palmyra, and named after the Arab castle is believed that the builder is Fakhruddin on (1595-1634m) with disagreement about that.

Had undertaken destroy Syria after independence and created a new city is designed in the form of scheme Htranji north-east of the ancient city, where the city is once again to be a lady Badia essential node in the in transport.

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The effects of Palmyra

Palmyra and become its queen noble courageous story of legendary breathtaking in the Western world after the Renaissance. And inspired Palmyra Zenobia of French writers, such as Dobeniayk and Abrjer and several plays of Moliere, has also been drawing their representation and carpets. This unprecedented popularity has prompted many European travelers to risk visited, the Italian whom Dlavali (the years 1616 and 1625) and the French Tavrnier (1638 m), and followed by traders Englishmen and others from various European countries, and the Alanclaizaan Wood and Dokens in 1751 visited Palmyra, and scanned archaeological, and it was their book "ruins of Palmyra," published in French and English in 1753 usher in systematic studies of Palmyra, and its impact on the French and the English Barthélémy Swinton interpretation of writings Palmyra, was followed by the visit to visit dozens of researchers and painters.

In 1881 he discovered the Russian Armenian Obamalik Lazarev text of the destruction of financial law, which was later transferred to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, is the longest financial texts of that time and the most important. Then publish the German Vaegand consisted huge for ruin after archaeological where work during 1902 and 1917 and sent a French academic mission to copy the writings of Palmyra in 1914, and the project at the end of the deployment of the author of "Collector writings Semitism" and the second part is dedicated to Palmyra. As of 1924, began the Danish Harald Angault excavations in Palmyra, and in 1929 moved the town of Palmyra from inside the temple to its present place endeavors of the Frenchman Henri Sereq the world, and after independence, the Syrian archaeological authorities excavated in Palmyra and the restoration of their effects, and still this business going on so far .

Archaeological monuments in Palmyra

The results of the archaeological excavations and restoration work discover the splendor of the ancient monuments, which are full of the ruin of the temples, squares and streets and columns, bathrooms, construction and could be summarized these monuments are as follows:

Bull Temple

It built the first century AD, and is completed to the second century AD back. It was dedicated to the Lord, but mainly. The temple consists of a square yard Rahibh closed dimensions of 210 × 205 m, and adorned the sanctuary (gonorrhea), which is the main shelter fetish Lord. It surrounds the arena portable portico with Corinthian capitals columns, are situated in the western porch on a single row in the northern corner remnants spiral staircase was leading to the roof of the porch, and the other three corridors are of two rows of columns, in the middle of pregnant women to raise statues of senior men to honor them. In the sanctuary to the left we see the remains of the basis of the dining room and the altar, and to the right the remains of the holy pond. Surrounds the campus porch columns and Corinthian capitals Bzacharvha doctrine of bronze, was carrying the roof of the porch on the huge bridges of carved stone inscribed with religious and mythological scenes and animal motifs and floral and geometric.

Nebo Temple

Temple Nebo is located west of the long arc street known as the "Arc de Triomphe", and the Lord Nebo is the son of the Lord, but-Murdoch, and the secretary of lords compound. This temple was built in the first century AD trapezoidal (85 × 78 × 44 × 60 m). And the Temple of external wall inside the courtyard in the middle of campus.

Temple Baalchmin

Located in the northern district of the city, and dates back to the second century AD, the temple consists of campus (Silas) and Bahtin northern and southern corridors of them. Threshold campus carrying six columns triangular front, and there is a second column holder in writing Tdmouryh dated in 130/131 AD.

Temple Baalchmin

In the early twentieth century.

Temple Lat

Located in the western neighborhood of the city, and dates back to the second century AD, consisting of a rectangular courtyard adorned with a gallery of campus led by six columns, which discovered the alabaster statue of the goddess Lat / Athens, and a statue of a lion Lat.