Also, Palmyra Castle might be restored but the Temple of Bel and Arch of Triumph are impossible ... told TASS that Russia and Syria were drafting an agreement on restoration work in the ancient ...

Besides the extensive collateral damage to the sites, the intentional destruction of cultural heritage in Syria reached an unprecedented degree and culminated in extensive destructions in Palmyra, and ...

In the second part of his address, Burns shifted the focus from Syria’s monuments to its current political tensions. He ...

The Syrian government ... al-Din on the entrance to Palmyra from the side of Homs. In less than a year of IS control, militants destroyed the famous Arch of Triumph, Temple of Baalshamin and ...

Islamic State militants in Syria have severely damaged a 2,000-year-old temple considered one of the greatest sites of the ancient world. Photo: UNESCO.

Palmyra, located in the Syrian desert northeast of Damascus ... local traditions to create a city unlike any other. The Temple of Bel in the historic part of Palmyra, seen from the Arch of ...

The histories of the Temple of Bel, the shrine of Mar Elian and ... Show more In May 2015, the Syrian city of Palmyra was captured by the forces of the so-called Islamic State.

Residents of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra began returning to their ... including the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel and ...

Syria’s battered heritage sites are ... IS militants later destroyed Palmyra’s historic temples of Bel and Baalshamin and the Arch of Triumph, viewing them as monuments to idolatry, and ...

the Temple of al-Lat, the columns, the platform and the amphitheater stairs. Al-Asa’ad also discovered 700 silver coins in the ancient city of Palmyra, and he contributed to the discovery of an ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage ... IS militants later destroyed Palmyra’s historic temples of Bel and Baalshamin and the Arch of Triumph, viewing them as monuments ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving tourism. They say that could provide a much-needed boost to the country’s ...