29/09/2010
The Palmyra Museum
The Palmyra Museum is not a particularly large or well-planned museum,
but it is a must-see in Palmyra merely for the fantastic pieces of
Palmyrene art and statuary that are contained within. While many of the
finer pieces have been moved to Damascus, Aleppo, or Europe, there are
still some great pieces, particularly funerary busts, that will give you
a good introduction into Palmyrene art.Although Palmyra was a Roman
city, being that it was part of the Roman Empire, it always maintained a
distinct identity. Latin was never really used as a language and locals
relied on Greek and Aramaic instead, and the city’s place on the border
with Persia meant that there was a lot of Persian influence in its art.
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