Elahbel tomb, erected in 103 AD, was one of the most prominent funerary towers. It was four storeys high and could purportedly accommodate up to 300 sarcophagi.
Destroyed by religious extremists in 2015.
See also Palmyra - Funerary Monuments
Surroundings:
Location:
- Syrian Arab Republic, Tadmur
- geo:34.553478,38.250183
- Location ± 25-100 m.
Class:
- Grave or burial field
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=18089
Annotations
Relevant museums
Palmyra, archaeological museum
Archaeological Museum of the excavations in Palmyra
Gaziantep, Museum of Archaeology
Archaeological Museum
Istanbul Archaeology Museums
Istanbul Archaeology Museums
Belgrade, Kalemegdan Lapidarium
Small museum with some sculpture and inscriptions.
Berlin, Altes Museum
Berlin, Altes Museum
Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz
Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis
Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis
Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre
The British Museum
The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.
Nearby
Tomb of Elhabel, Palmyra
Tower tomb at Palmyra damaged by ISIS
Tomb of Atenatan, Palmyra
Tower tomb at Palmyra.
"White Castel", Palmyra
Funerary temple IInd century. Qasr al Abiadh.