🏛️ Palmyra-Soura
Ancient caravan city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Syria
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Central Syria, 215 km northeast of Damascus
- UNESCO World Heritage Site designated 1980; delisted 2013 due to conflict; relisted 2023
- Peak period: 1st–3rd centuries CE under Palmyrene Empire
- Primary language: Arabic; historical inscriptions in Aramaic and Greek
Palmyra, known locally as Tadmur and historically as Soura, is an ancient city in the Syrian desert that ...