Unesco: Don’t Worry, Palmyra Is Still Authentic The ancient city may have been destroyed, but it is still a treasured cultural site. Erin Blakemore - Correspondent. April 28, 2016.

Palmyra is a trickier battlefield for cultural heritage protectors, however, as the invading ISIS troops took the city and then reconquered it in December 2016 in a matter of days.

Palmyra, also known as Tadmur, is home to extensive ruins of one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world. It was put on UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in danger in 2013.

BEIRUT – A look at Palmyra, the archaeological gem that Syrian troops took back from Islamic State fighters. A desert oasis surrounded by palm trees in central Syria, Palmyra is also a strategic ...

The city is on UNESCO's World Heritage list and has been badly affected by the four-year civil war. The latest threat to Palmyra is posed by fighting between government troops and ISIS.

Before the war, Palmyra — one of Syria’s six UNESCO world heritage sites — was the country’s archaeological crown jewel, a tourist attraction that drew tens of thousands of visitors each year.

PARIS (AP) — Days after the Islamic State group seized back control of the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra, a prescient exhibit was inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday that aims to educate the public ...

Palmyra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and contains “the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world,” according to UNESCO.

More than 80% of Palmyra antiquities are in satisfactory condition — expert ST. PETERSBURG, March 28. /TASS/. UNESCO has established a foundation for restoration of the ancient Syrian city of ...

UNESCO is warning that cultural treasures in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra are at great risk following reports that Islamic State forces have taken over the World Heritage site famous for ...

BEIRUT – The U.N. cultural agency's chief says she is alarmed by developments in Syria, where Islamic State militants are getting closer to the ancient city of Palmyra — Syria's most famous ...