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 ...

A picture taken on March 4, 2017, shows the damaged site of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria after it was retaken from ISIS by government forces for a second time. Photo by Louai ...

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 ...

AMMAN, Jordan — Images of Islamic State militants dynamiting irreplaceable Roman ruins in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra sparked ... and even the wrecked Temple of Bel can be restored without ...

Ancient Palmyra is a Unesco World heritage site – an archaeological gem that attracted tens of thousands of tourists every year. A photo shows ... The damaged historical Bel Temple in the ...