The 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel at Palmyra was one of the jewels in Syria's lavish trove of historical monuments, spanning myriad civilisations, before the country's conflict began in 2011.

The 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel at Palmyra was one of the jewels in Syria's lavish trove of historical monuments, spanning myriad civilisations, before the country's conflict began in 2011. Islamic ...

Several sites in Palmyra were heavily damaged by Islamic State militants, including the Temple of Bel, the Arch of ... to safeguard the historical legacy of Syria. He has often lamented that ...

Photographs by Louis Vignes and earlier drawings and etchings from Louis-François Cassas are paired with text that breaks down the history of Palmyra’s classical past and contemporary peril. Syria’s .

Islamic State group militants destroyed a landmark ancient Roman monument and parts of the theater in Syria's historic town of Palmyra ... including the Temple of Bel, which dated back to A.D ...

There, its team surveyed the damage at the Temple of Bel, Palmyra Castle ... antiquities officials as “the most important temple in Syria,” was hit by an ISIS-triggered explosion last ...

Syrian army soldiers stand on the ruins of the Temple of Bel in the historic city of Palmyra, in Syria, on April 1, 2016. Reuters Islamic State militants retreating from Palmyra laid thousands of ...

A photographer holding his picture of the Temple of Bel taken on March 14, 2014 in front of the remains of the historic ... Temple of Bel in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Palmyra's renowned Temple of Bel, blown up by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS ... The aim is to clear the historic part of the ancient city as well as residential ...