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<< Our Photo Pages >> Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen - Ancient Temple in Syria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 24 August 2015  Page Views: 8055

Site WatchSite Name: Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen
Country: Syria
NOTE: This site is 0.278 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Palmyra  Nearest Village: Tadmor
Latitude: 34.553418N  Longitude: 38.269957E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
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1Awful
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 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
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2A long walk
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4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen
Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen submitted by AlexHunger : Temple in Palmyra for the semitic God of luck and rain. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hellenistic Temple in Syria dedicated to the Semitic god, Baal Shameen. He was the god of luck and rain.

The door frieze is in the Palmyra Museum.

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Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen
Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen submitted by AlexHunger : Temple in Palmyra for the semitic God of luck and rain. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen
Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen submitted by AlexHunger : Lintel from Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen, the semitic God of luck and rain. In Palyra Museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Isis blows up Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen by AlexHunger on Sunday, 06 September 2015
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When I went to Syria, the real Syrians welcomed me with open arms and showed me their wonderful monuments with great pride.
What is Happening now makes me ashamed to be part of the human race.
I wish all monuments in Syrian and Iraq could be covered up in a sand pile so great it would take 100 years to dig out again. perhaps we might all be a little wiser by then.
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Re: Isis blows up Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen by AngieLake on Wednesday, 26 August 2015
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3210063/ISIS-release-shocking-images-Palmyra-s-ancient-temple-blown-up.html

Another report from the Mail.
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Isis blows up Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen by Andy B on Monday, 24 August 2015
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'Islamic State' blew up the ancient temple of Baal Shamin in the Unesco-listed Syrian city of Palmyra, the country’s antiquities chief has said.

“Daesh placed a large quantity of explosives in the temple of Baal Shamin ... and then blew it up causing much damage to the temple,” said Maamoun Abdulkarim, using another name for Isis.

Isis, which controls swaths of Syria and neighbouring Iraq, captured Palmyra on 21 May, sparking international concern about the fate of the heritage site described by Unesco as of outstanding universal value. “The [inner area of the temple] was destroyed and the columns around collapsed,” said Abdulkarim.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group that monitors the country’s civil war, confirmed the destruction of the temple.

More at
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/23/isis-blows-up-temple-dating-back-to-17ad-in-unesco-listed-syrian-city

With thanks to David Morgan for the terrible news
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