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A Birthday in Ancient Roman Palmyra
Blog: London Cosmopolitan - 9 January 2011
Sand blown two lane roads, stretching straight and endlessly into the horizon, sharing scenery only with a flat desert landscape straddling us on both sides, the drive from Damascus to the Roman ruins of Palmyra is something straight out of the final scenes of the film Syriana.
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Day 236: A country of ruins vs. a country in ruin
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 5 October 2010
Palmyra in a pinkish gold hue Wow. Palmyra is amazing at sunset. Probably the most impressive of Roman ruins I've seen... Colonnade, arches, porticos, temples, it's not hard to imagine this city in its heyday and how awe inspiring it must have felt upon entering its main gate. And even more so at sunset as the pink granite scattered over the enormous site turns rosy gold. Went out to the ruins
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Look Upon This Picture, And On This...
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 26 November 2009
When is a famous historic building not a famous historic building? When it's a scale model, of course.In last week's Canberra post I talked about our visit to Cockington Green Gardens, a tourist attraction filled with miniature replicas of English village settings. However, it also has an international section.
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