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Site WatchSite Name: PalmyraCountry: Syria
NOTE: This site is 55.083 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Palmyra
Latitude: 34.559167N Longitude: 38.273611E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Jansold visited on 1st Apr 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Jansold visited on 1st Apr 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
43559959 visited on 23rd Dec 1999 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 5 Access: 4.33
The tombs usually contain large burial chambers with long grave recesses in their walls to accommodate the bodies. These shafts were usually closed with decorated stone slabs.
Note: News agency pictures reveal the extent of destruction wrought during the 10-month occupation of the Unesco World Heritage site. See the most recent comments on our page for more, and we have more archive images of the site.
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