... nbsp; Palmyra - Hama Having arranged with our driver for a tour ofthevalleyofthetombs, and the Hypogeum ofthe three brothers, at 10.00am we had a quick early look at ruins from ...
... handcuffs and imprisoned for the rest of her days.
Must see list includes the Temple of Bel (the Roman equivalent of Jupiter), ValleyoftheTombs (aka Towers of Yemliko).
What an astonishing place. After so many Roman cities and so ...
... might notice the fortress perched up high in the background.
From the fortress we descended down into thevalleyofthetombs. Scattered about thevalley are numerous towers in various ruined states that were all multi-storey ...
... : it's as if the city was occupied by giants who could only live on a monumental scale.
One morning we visited theValleyoftheTombs. Here, economical towers or underground hypogea, finally give a sense ofthe people, not the "bestriding colossi" of ...
... and hiking up the hills which didnt look too gentle. I hiked up abit after the camp and then I had a good view ofthevalleyofthetombs. Again another impressive area and I sat myself down just to take in the view and the silence. As ...
... and the Hypogeum ofthe Three Brothers were open to the public. http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/688460/Syria/Valley-of-the-Tombs-and-Southwest-Necropolis NB:- Most of these tombs can only be visited through an organised tour and photography is ...
Due to our very busy schedule and that theValleyoftheTombs are an exceptional attraction which were extremely busy last night a few of us really wanted to see them and our guide took us early to see two sets (types) ofTombs; a Tower Tomb and an ...
... and the Hypogeum ofthe Three Brothers were open to the public. http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/688460/Syria/Valley-of-the-Tombs-and-Southwest-Necropolis NB:- Most of these tombs can only be visited through an organised tour and photography is ...
... of Willa down below. Just a sidenote for all you old school Eastern Europeans, we got to ride around in our short tour oftheValleyoftheTombs in a Skala Zastava 128 circa 1972. The irony about this was that we had seen this car at the ruins and ...
... that the metal reinforcements have been stripped out of all the columns by scavengers. Our final sight in Palmyra is the so-called "ValleyoftheTombs," which feature all different types oftombs. There are tower tombs extending four stories into the ...