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
Royal Tomb, Palmyra
Relevant museums
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Palmyra, archaeological museum
Archaeological Museum of the excavations in Palmyra
Syrian Arab Republic, Tadmur -
Gaziantep, Museum of Archaeology
Archaeological Museum
Türkiye, Gaziantep -
Istanbul Archaeology Museums
Istanbul Archaeology Museums
Türkiye, Istanbul -
Belgrade, Kalemegdan Lapidarium
Small museum with some sculpture and inscriptions.
Serbia, Belgrade -
Berlin, Altes Museum
Berlin, Altes Museum
Germany, Berlin -
Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz
Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz
Germany, Neustadt -
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Denmark, Copenhagen -
Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis
Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis
Belgium, Etterbeek -
Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden
Netherlands, Leiden -
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre
France, Paris -
The British Museum
The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Holborn
Nearby sites
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Tomb of Elhabel, Palmyra
Tower tomb at Palmyra damaged by ISIS
Syrian Arab Republic, Tadmur -
Tomb of Atenatan, Palmyra
Tower tomb at Palmyra.
Syrian Arab Republic, Tadmur -
"White Castel", Palmyra
Funerary temple IInd century. Qasr al Abiadh.
Syrian Arab Republic, Tadmur -
Hypogeum of Yarhai, Palmyra
Underground tomb of Yarhai.
Syrian Arab Republic, Tadmur
