What is Palmyra?
{{about||the town in Pennsylvania|Palmyra, Pennsylvania|the island|Palmyra Atoll}} {{Infobox ancient site |name = Palmyra |native_name = [[File:Tdmr2.png|65x65px]] <br/> {{lang|ar|'''<big>تدمر</big>'''}} |alternate_name = Tadmor |image = Palmyra 03.jpg |alt = Ruins of Palmyra |caption = The ruins of Palmyra in 2010 |map_type = Syria |map_alt = Palmyra is located in the center of Syria |coordinates = {{coord|34|33|05|N|38|16|05|E|display=inline,title}} |location = [[Tadmur District|Tadmur]], [[Homs Governorate]], [[Syria]] |region = [[Syrian Desert]] |type = Settlement |part_of = [[Palmyrene Empire]] |area = {{convert|80|ha|abbr=on}} |built = 3rd millennium BC |abandoned = {{end date|df=yes|1932}} |epochs = [[Middle Bronze Age]] to [[Modern history of Syria|Modern]] |cultures = [[Arameans|Aramaic]], [[Arab people|Arabic]], [[Greco-Roman world#Culture|Greco-Roman]] |condition = Ruined |ownership = Public |management = [[Ministry of Culture (Syria)|Syrian Ministry of Culture]] |public_access = Inaccessible (in a war zone) |designation1 = WHS |designation1_offname = Site of Palmyra <!-- name as inscribed on the World Heritage List --> |designation1_type = Cultural |designation1_criteria = i, ii, iv |designation1_number = [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/23 23] |designation1_date = {{start date|df=yes|1980}} <small>(4th [[World Heritage Committee|Session]])</small> |designation1_free1name = [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/?search=&search_by_country=&type=&media=&region=&order=region Region] |designation1_free1value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States|Arab States]] |designation1_free2name = [[List of World Heritage in Danger|Endangered]] |designation1_free2value = {{start date|df=yes|2013}}–present.{{sfn|Baghdadi|2015}} }} '''Palmyra''' was an ancient [[Arab]]ian [[city]] in central [[Syria]]. It is in an [[oasis]] {{convert|215|km|abbr=off}} northeast of [[Damascus]], and {{convert|180|km|abbr=on}} southwest of the [[Euphrates]]. ==History== It was an important city in a