Palmyra
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Palmyra is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the ea
The ruins of Palmyra in 2010
The northern Palmyrene mountain belt
Alphabetic inscription in Palmyrene alphabet
Palmyrene funerary portrait representing Aqmat, a Palmyrene aristocrat
In pre-Islamic Arabia, the dominant religious practice was that of Arab polytheism, which was based on the veneration of various deities and spirits, such as the god Hubal and the goddesses al-Lāt, al
Arabian goddesses Al-Lat, Manat, Al-Uzza
Alabaster-carved votive figurines from Yemen, now located in the National Museum of Oriental Art in the city of Rome
Gilded statue of the Canaanite creator god El (c. 1400–1200 BC) from the site of Tel Megiddo. El is considered to be the cognate of the word "Ilah" and continues to appear in compound names like Gabriel, Michael, Azrael, Israel, Ishmael, Samuel and Raphael.
Seal ring from Zafar with writing "Yishaq bar Hanina" and a Torah ark, 330 BC – 200 AD