Palmyra was an important trading city within ancient Syria. It's history as a site of human activity dates back to the Neolithic period and the city had been in existence thousands of years before the Roman influence was felt in the region.

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Description from The Met: “Colorless, translucent purple, cobalt blue, turquoise blue, green, honey yellow, and semi-opaque white on body; color(s) of base ring uncertain. Horizontal everted rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being narrower and slightly angular, the lower being deeper and more rounded; convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with rounded edge. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of monchrome canes in different colors. Broken and repaired, with one hole in side; many pinprick bubbles; deep pitting, dulling, and brilliant iridescent weathering.“

✨Glass mosaic bowl✨

The provenance is uncertain, but this beautiful bowl is said to be from ancient Beroea (modern Aleppo) in Syria. This stunning mosaic bowl is thought to date somewhere within the C1st BCE and C1st CE.

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Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city Findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries

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Suriye’de Kaybolan Roma Kraliçesi Heykeli Zenobia: Antik Suriye'nin efsanevi kraliçesi. Roma'ya kafa tutan, Mısır'ı fetheden, çok dilli bir stratejist. Kısa süren zaferi, trajik bir sonla bitti.

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This god is your god, this god is my god: local identities at sacralized places in Roman Syria Numerous sacralized places with a wide range of architectonic, iconographical, and epigraphical-linguistic motifs, habits, and religious practices populate the Roman provinces of Syria and Syria Phoen...

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