Watch: What Palmyra looked like in the 1800s, and how the Islamic State is destroying it

The video above was produced by the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler galleries, where visitors can find an elegant Roman-era bust from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra accompanied by this montage of historical images of the treasured World Heritage site. Before the 20th century, the ruins of Palmyra, once a key crossroads of classical civilizations, existed on the dusty […]











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