Palmyra’s Temple of Bel withstood 2,000 years of war and invasions — until the Islamic State

It's unclear the extent to which the Islamic State has destroyed the ancient Temple of Bel, one of the most prominent sites in the archaeological complex at Palmyra, an ancient Syrian city currently in the grips of the jihadists. The edifice of the temple, a 1st century structure that was one of the most important and iconic […]











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