We welcome you , you , caravan of science. You are making your pilgrimage to Palmyra to revive its memory after centuries of chronic silence . The great town you are coming to visit and to dedicate it as a caravan town, especially silk road caravans ,that road which penetrates through the ancient world from east to west . It did not forget Palmyra role. (researcher:MohammadAliMADOUN )
Palmyra is a town distinguished for its location , its land richness and good water . It has orchards surrounded by sand extending from all sides . Nature isolated Palmyra from the world . Its destiny is between two empires (Historian Plain Sr.) Palmyra and Palmyrians ( BOUUNI )
In one look ,we see a great lot of ruins we have never seen in our life . They are all of white marble. Beyond such ruins and in the direction of Euphrates river, great deserts as far as sight can go, where there is no life or motion . It is impossible to imagine more exciting view .
These erected stones become gold in color, at sunset . Sands surround it like a sea surrounding an island . They become in the color of apple flowers . Ibn Maan Castle stands erected on a sky made of fire ( Henry BRDEAUX)
Palmyra and the palmyrians( BOUUNI )
The Romans mocked the war waged by a woman, but they did not know the characteristics of such woman
( Roman Emperor, Aurelian , )
The Palmyrians costumes, the same as the language and writing , developed from ancient traditions, even after the Greek art invaded the area , later.
( Men's costumes in Palmyra ) Ahmad TAHA
Man will be puzzled when he witnesses such dead town emerging from the heart of sand ( Louis DE Sevor )
Palmyra and Palmyrians
Palmyra, the fiery town , comprises one of the most original civilizations of the Near East . It takes the heart . Such civilization did not stop its generosity in giving us archeological discoveries , scripts , architecture through the last centuries ,
( Father Starkey ) Palmyra and the Palmyrians ( Bouuni )
Are people no more interested in following up Zenobia news throughout history and no more eager to see the ruins of a kingdom , that stood aloft in all of its military , economic , cultural , urban aspects . It is trying to say to those who are trying to bury consecutive Arab Civilizations that : " I am Zenobia Queen of Palmyra : Say Who are you?
( Dr. Maha KANNOUT ) .
Palmyra is the town of imagination .Behind its doors there is a great giant . No body will enter unless he wears wedding costume . Palmyra is a paradise, guarded by angle of love . No body will witness it, unless he has the symbol of love drawn on his forehead . It is a field of imagination , a field having good rivers and birds soaring like angles
( Jobran Khalil JOBRAN )
Done with the help of French institute references, in Damascus IFAPO
