Palmyra Museum

... sold their wares.  A nearby agora was full of traders and tax collectors from the adjacent tariff court, building Palmyra's wealth.  The floors were covered in fine mosaics of Mediterranean patterns and gods: Dionysus, Athena, Zeus, Solomon's Chains, ...

... However, it is in a perfect high spot to watch the sunset. How beautifully the setting sun lights the ruins... I looked down on Palmyra and realized how small it was. Later, my driver Mohammad told me that the population was about 100,000. Most probably, ...

... two days to see everything and this is what we did. I will start by giving a brief history lesson. Palmyra is located in the centre of Syria and is Syria's most famous tourist attraction. It is an oasis and was centrally located for trade between ...

... were prepared the next night though, with extra blankets and the heater turned on an hour or so before bed!!   The ruins at Palmyra were just spectacular. In AD 217 Rome took control of it, but prior to that it had been under the Greeks and before ...

Jeannie here.  The oasis at Palmyra has attracted weary travelers for centuries.  The ruins of the Roman town and, later, Zenobia's brief kingdom, are extraordinary.  We heartily enjoyed walking down the roman road and visiting the temple ...

... gear - I think it would have been quicker walking. Wednesday I had a well earned sleep-in, and made a quick visit up to Palmyra Museum which was pretty much "same-old, same-old", although it had a few good pieces. A few of us from the hostel ...

... , although most were not particularly recognisable. I swung by the museum, which was actually the best of the museums I'd been to in Syria; most of the artifacts were actually well-labeled and understandable. It was pretty impressive to see some of the ...

... road signs to Iraq and Baghdad, including one showing 152 kms (we’re NOT tempted, unlike the Lebanon signs earlier). Closer to Palmyra, we enter a more mountainous and drier region, until we come over a hill, and, there in front of us is the ...

... was to see. He said nothing of interest, but we told him what there was to see. He asked if we would like to go to Palmyra on Friday with his student group. We said we had just come from there and did he need a tour guide. When we arrived in Hama he ...

... of pita bread. The total cost was less than $3 NZ each. Waddling out, we headed towards the museum of Palmyra. Further reasons we love Syria is that they actually allow student discounts (Turkey had signs saying they did but... they never actually ...