Palmyra

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 early second millennium BCE. Palmyra changed hands on a number of occasions between different empires before becoming a subject of the Roman Empire in the first century CE.

Syrian/Egyptian Neoplatonist philosopher (c.213–273)

thumb|right|1st century AD relief from Palmyra depicting, from left to right, Aglibol, [[Baalshamin, and Malakbel]] Malakbel (Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡬𐡫𐡪𐡡𐡫 ) was a sun god worshipped in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, frequently associated and worshipped with the moon god Aglibol as a party of a trinity involving the sky god Baalshamin.

Western Aramaic dialect spoken in the city of Palmyra in the early centuries AD

Unicode block (U+10860-1087F) for the historical Palmyrene alphabet

3rd-century Greek historian, orator, rhetorician and sophist

Arsu was a god worshipped in Palmyra, Syria.

thumb|Relief depicting Yarhibol from the Temple of the Gadde, [[Dura-Europos, circa 150 BC]] Yarhibol or Iarhibol is an Aramean god who was worshiped mainly in ancient Palmyra, a city in central Syria. He was depicted with a solar nimbus and styled "lord of the spring". He normally appears alongside Bel, who was a co-supreme god of Palmyra, and Aglibol, one of the other top Palmyrene gods.

Shadrafa (or Shadrapa, šdrpʾ, šdrbʾ, σατραπας, i.e. "satrap") is a poorly-attested Canaanite (Punic) god of healing or medicine.

thumb|Temple of Bel rendering NEWPALMYRA (also known as the New Palmyra Project) is an effort to reconstruct the ancient city of Palmyra as an immersive virtual environment, based on archaeological and other clues. The project was started from photos taken by Bassel Khartabil, who had been taking care of Palmyra since 2005. He began building 3D models of the ancient city, with support from Al Aous Publishers. In 2012, Khartabil was arrested by the Assad regime, and the original project and open source files were lost. Barry Threw took over as director of the project, renamed it #NEWPALMYRA, br