In the limestone cliff, you still can see at some places the remains of the quarries, the Romans and the Palmyrans used to build Palmyra.
Location:
- Syrian Arab Republic, Tadmur
- geo:34.580769,38.222443
- Location ± 100-500 m.
Class:
- Workshop or industry
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=32193
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
Gebel Tar, Palmyra
Granite quarry.
"White Castel", Palmyra (3 km)
Funerary temple IInd century. Qasr al Abiadh.
Tomb of Atenatan, Palmyra (3 km)
Tower tomb at Palmyra.