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Valley of the Tombs

Tadmur, Syria

The Valley of the Tombs (Wādī al-Qubūr) is a necropolis at the west of Palmyra, Syria. It is one of the three necropoleis present around the ancient city. It is one kilometre long (0.62 mi), and easily recognizable by its tower-tombs, among which the former towers of Atenatan, Kitot, Iamblichus and Elahbel where the earliest finds of silk were made and that were destroyed by ISIS in 2015.

Cemetery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other cemeteries in Syria