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title: Panorama of Palmyra
author: Zeledi
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/267/panorama-of-palmyra/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Panorama of Palmyra
_Authored by Zeledi_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/267.jpg)
## Image Caption
A panoramic view of ruins of the ancient desert [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Palmyra in [Syria](https://www.worldhistory.org/syria/), which grew large in the Syrian desert in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The ruins are now a United Nations World Heritage site.
## External Links
- [Palmyra | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/palm/hd_palm.htm)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Zeledi. (2012, April 26). Panorama of Palmyra. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Zeledi. "Panorama of Palmyra." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 26, 2012. .
### MLA
Zeledi. "Panorama of Palmyra." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Apr 2012, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PalmyraPanoramaZoom.jpg) by [**Zeledi**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PalmyraPanoramaZoom.jpg). Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 26 April 2012. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.