Palmyra: On the Tracks of the Great Ancient City
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- Palmyra, the ancient city steeped in legend and nestled in the heart of the Syrian desert, is renowned for its beautiful funerary sculpted portraits. The sculptures and reliefs have been dispersed around the globe, but now a team of international archaeologists are working to unravel their secrets. The legendary city's rich history and multicultural identity serve as a focal point for scholars as they meticulously reconstruct family trees depicted in stone. Through the exploration of these sculptures, the exceptional nature of Palmyra emerges, underlining its legendary status and historical significance in the 21st century.
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What a beautiful tribute to an ancient city, and the work and dedication of those who sought to understand and preserve its history.
ISIS/Islamic State committed such brutal evil atrocities on people and historical monumants....
I had the pleasure of visiting this beautiful place back in 1999. It was an incredible experience.
The legends and facts about such places as Palmyra have fascinated me since I was a little boy. Thanks for posting this interesting documentary.
Glad you enjoyed it 😉
So much history in my country ❤️❤️
Hopefully they save it! It’s insane to destroy history for any religion.
Yeah but it’s not yours. Palmyra is mainly an Arabian and Aramean civilisation. Most Syrians however are Amorites.
@@ibrbackotb8 Does that mean its ok to be destroyed...
@@ibrbackotb8 Amoriti are the people of the West " West side of Forat river" according to Sumar
@@ibrbackotb8 lol clearly you have no idea what you're talking about
Such an Amazing Video!
I was utterly captivated by the meticulous research and storytelling woven throughout.
The filmmakers showcased Palmyra's historical grandeur with such reverence. My heartfelt appreciation to all the individuals behind this documentary for their commendable efforts in preserving and sharing the legacy of Palmyra.
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It was a wonderful documentary shared by an amazing ( DW) documentary channel... documentary about ( Palmyra-Erbid) in Syria 🇸🇾 .thanks ...
Erbid?
There have been lately palmyran traces that were found in the UAE, Yemen, Egypt and South India too
This shows how big and affecting Palmyra was in the region
My city Palmyra 😢💔
في اي دولة تقع هذي بلميرة؟!!!
@@damnthezionists1708 سوريا
My ancestors are from Palmyra New York, USA
@@damnthezionists1708I think they said Syria
I'm so sorry
Actually majority archeological sites and architecture still stands in Palmyra, ISIS did destroyed several temples and looted Palmyra Museum and even killed Director of Palmyra National Museum, but good news most of the treasure is still there or was transfered to Damascus.
Zenobia was polyglot and spoke aramaic, greek, arabic, latein
Such a strong woman
Latein = ??????🤔🤔🤔
there was no Arabic back then
Another excellent documentary for enrichment of all viewers!
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It was New York for it's time. Must have been a humble experience to walk down main street of ancient Palmyra.
Beautiful documentary with a beautiful tribute to the ancient city of Palmyra❤.
We're glad you liked it! 🥰
They are dying not to say Syrian art and heritage
They mentioned everyone's influence: Mesopotamia, eastern Greek Roman.. etc
I actually cried when I watched this destruction on tv. I couldnt believe what I was seeing. And the destruction of artifacts in the museums. 😢💔
This is so painful and unbelievable and more....the whole world watched the destruction and it could have been prevented but this is politics no body cared
Beautiful Palmyra lands
Bravo❤❤❤❤ !!!!!....thanks a lot for this wonderful documentary❤❤❤❤❤
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Truly an amazing story
Thank you.
Excellent, thanks DW
Amsterdam,
Chapeau,...what an amazing Quest...brilliant piece of work
So much priceless history has been lost to religious extremism.
Very true. I don't like to point fingers but the blame for destructive religious terrorism began en mass with Christianity and their hatred and intolerance for anything of the classical pagan world. Not only did Christianity destroy traditions of Europe and the Americas but through missionary work which continues to this day throughout the world. Islam has done their share also but Christianity got things cooking and set the bar.
y dont u say it was lost to islam....?
@@bharathg2259 what’s that to do with Islam ?
@@bharathg2259the library of Alexandria, to note a single incident, was lost to Christianity, not Islam. Religious extremism is the issue.
You can’t blame one religion for destruction of history and culture….. there is extremism in every religion and so many examples of their destruction I wouldn’t know where to start.
beautiful city
Where I grew up 🥹
You are so lucky then , such a beautiful country with amazing history .
This video is excellent and interesting. Having visited most of the museums mentioned, I must have seen these sculptures scattered about, but their impact escaped me before.
The fact that these are portraits of real people makes them more wonderful than the depictions of gods ancient cultures usually focus on. Besides Roman Egyptian encaustic portraits, which the Getty has a world class collection off, is there another ancient culture which so features individual portraits?
I believe that there is a tomb statue of a woman from Syria in Northern England. It has featured in several documentaries. I now wonder if she brought the idea of it from Palmyra? Ideas or comments?
Excellent documentary 💯👏
hatra and palmyra unique civilizations with their own culture, language, traditions and methods
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Wonderful video , with the history and art details , thank you .
❤
Excellent documentary 💯👏
Isso só mostra o quanto o islã é bárbaro. I LOVE PALMYRA and Roman empire.
That's not Islam. These are small groups including ex-prison inmates, Cannabis sellers from abroad whose masterminds are engaged by the West with the aim of destabilizing the region.
It's always the same story for almost 50/60 years.
❤❤❤ very useful documentary
Thank you 🥰
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Syria my country gave the humanity first note in history & first alfabit & first class made & first ships made & first grave in history ( habeel grave) & first wheat farming & ...
First use of fire for cooking, first wheel, first indoor plumbing, first computers, first TV cartoon shows...
@@danielrutschman4618 first wheel use in iraq summr civilization , and why upset !!! You trivial & stuppied
These beautiful windows into history getting blown to bits. It’s criminal, there should be rules of engagement to protect important sites. Trying to erase the history from the world. Sad.
They were blown up by religious-extremists. You think they'd follow rules?
There are international laws for the protection of historical sites. But unfortunately there are those who will seek to destroy. Will they be caught and punished? Probably not 😢
@@cas4554
Actually there was one of the masterminds behind the destruction who went on trial in The Hague and was sentenced to 9 years, he stood up and spoke to the court saying he was so filled with regret for his actions. The man was a professor and he knew what he was doing at the time. It was surprising that he apologized and had regrets.
@@moniumus6303
Because of this destruction they do count the destruction of historical sites as war crimes now.
@@moniumus6303
Israel hasn’t been held accountable and they have destroyed historical sites in Gaza….
How did they film in Syria?
Aramaic is not a death language and tens of thousands people in Syria still to this day use it,keep it Alive
Bittersweet, visited twice with a group & solo. Last time I was whisked over to a family's house for dinner followed by a long bathe in a warm cistern in the oasis. As people finished work in the evening they appeared to clean up, complete with a box of detergant! Also visited the infamous theatre where people were erecting stands for a visit by Assad, who has a country estate nearby
Informative video, but it doesn’t give an information why all these artefacts
had been removed from the original site to end up in so many Western destinations. Are there any projects for returning the artefacts?
Nothing comes back ask about Nefertiti statue stolen by the Germans in early 20th century never to return. Stealing artifacts whatever the motives shows lack of respect imagine if Syrians steal the British crown Jewels!
Nice work, but it got me asking, where did the European museums got those ancient artefacts from?!
Thanks to European museums, many artifacts were preserved and were not destroyed.
@@svetlanajahimovicha4517 So in order to save our artifacts, you guys stole it!! many thanks!!
@@svetlanajahimovicha4517 nothing justify stealing
Still glad they did though 🤷
@@TarquinTheTall Well, the west stole our democracy, oil and lands, artifacts is not that important compared to that!!
the mental giants who blew up this and other profoundly significant heritage sites (thinking of the giant buddhas in Afghanistan) forfeit their claim to human rights. im 100% certain that these people will never face justice either.
Many, many of them are dead
Very interesting .🧐👍
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Why did you completely omit Khaled Al Assad the man who gave his life saving the remaining treasures of Palmyra from ISIS?
No pida usted lo imposible…el país dueño de esta televisión ha sido incapaz de alzar la voz por lo del gaseoducto que le ha dañado su propia economía…Cómo va a decir tal cosa del presidente de Siria?🤣
@@---nb7ll I understand but just a small correction, khaled al Assad who I’m referring to was an archaeologist not the president. ISIS executed him because he hid and had palmyrene treasures evacuated before they captured the city
He was a brave man. May he rest in perpetual peace 🙏😔🕯️
@@---nb7llThe President of Syria is Bashar Al Assad
@@ishotkhuma6261I ate lunch with him in his office at the museum on Septeber 8 2001. I was heartbroken when they murdered him. Very humble educated man
Need 4k
what is the approximate age of this city
Who knew that all the effort to preserve life after death would only end to provide grad students more job opportunity. Im sure thats what they wanted and hoped for on their eternal life.
13:56 does she have 6 fingers? 5 fingers are shown with the thumb hidden?
I wonder what the pointing finger in the portraits says to their relationships? A young man points to the elegant mother etc.
The true tragedy was the blowing up of what Aurelian had left standing!
The True History of the lands and it's way of life, can only be credited to the Indigenous Human Beings of this region in present times....not some ignoramus juvenile delinquents from far away lands.....and that too....thousands of years later!!!!
As I recall the "Indigenous Human Beings of this region" were the ones blowing up the remains of the abandoned tombs, the
statues, Temple of Bel, the Severan gate (arch) and the other architectural treasures of Palmyra a few years ago.
It was the locals who did this this vandalism...all o er the region they looted and smashed museums. They destroyed Ninevah. Most all of these hoodlums were from the region
13:51 6 fingers? or no thumb?
😂😮
Discunsting destroying such important cultural historic site.
*Disgusting ❤️
What
So true.
Syria will rise again
They discussed the destruction of the areas by ISIS. It’s a real two edge sword…. Antiquities reside all over the world far from where they truly belong. But if it hadn’t been for them being taken and put in museums, they may have been permanently lost.@@nastyz477
Its upsetting that they stole the portraits, but at least they aren't destroyed completely like if they were still in the city
Many of the olden civilisations have ceased to exist because the rich in their society were heavily engaged in moral and financial corruption. So we need to remember a lesson that history teaches us
Yes, humanity needs to understand that we need to preserve our history and learn from it, sadly we see humans repeating the same mistakes over and over again.
This documentary has condensed Zeobia's history to an extent that gives no credit to her husband and treats Aurelian's campaign too blithely. Aurelian only sacked the city on having to come back after treachery and then only had his soldiers dismantle the city - sparing the inhabitants the horror of a traditional sacking.
And than came along isis that destroyed everything 😭
They weren’t even graven images, ISIS knew they were tombs and not gods.
Zenobia is one of my favorite woma warriors. I'm so sorry to see what has happened to her land and people.
There is little civics in schools. The history you mention is meager.
Aramaic: Isn't this the language of the Kurds? Also, a few parts of the Bible and much of the Gemara are in Aramaic. Seems this is not so difficult, no?
Aramaic is a semetic language not an indoeuropean language like Kurdish or persian
The language is understood. The script used at Palmyra is not well known
No?? Kurdish is a language.
No mention of the woman who was a judge, a center of law there? Baal worship?
A documentary about Arab city of Palmyra, that doesn't mention the word "Arab" can't be a coincidence. DW is never apolitical.
At that time Syria wasn’t Arab.
@@delaramsalmassi4063
The city was built by a group of Arab tribes, and the residents' names were Arabic and their religion was Arab
Even the early Muslim Arabs considered the Palmyrenes part of their ancestors
What commom era?....
Syria in general is rich in culture and history from east to west, but this country has undergone a lot of bad situations because of this diversity. Form Ugarit on the coast which is the birthplace of the first alphabet.. reaching Palmyra (the pearl of the desert).
A distinguished documentary, but there is always an attempt to obscure the local identity of the people of Palmyra by saying that it is Roman, Greek, and Sasanian antiquities, with no mention of the Arab Arameans.
Precisely this thing puzzled me
It's good to know that there was a time before the scourge of Islam came into existence
i know right!
Muslim fanatics might destroy statues but only an idiot will believe that they will destroy remains of buildings, tombs and pillars ,
People forget that the middle east was diverse and non-Arabic.
Europe also was diverse and not only homosapiens there were neanderthals
@@chanaheszter168 Palmyra has always been an Arab city
If this site were in Germany DW would say " An ancient German city" ..they tried their best not to mention how Syrian Palmyra was.
Very unprofessional "documentary"
انها مدينتي تدمر
Palmyara is life is hear off syria
Nije naše da procenjuje mo da li su stare gradjevine važne ili ne. Tužno je što su to rušenje sebi dozvolili.
Why, you guys at DW, didn't you say anything, didn't you accuse NATO, when it bombed Palmyra, when it launched mercenaries against the Assad government? Thanks to Russia, Palmyra did not disappear.
Yes, first destroyed,And thén...this horrible document, all not in Order, théimagines of that women Are total false.
Šta je moglo da u ideji Palmire toliko zasmeta da bi bila bombardovana a u isto vreme omalovažena kao ne bitna?
זה 2000
Aramaic isnt a dead language, we SPEAK aramaic today tf 😂
Great Documentary although the People of Palmyra were Arabs but for some reason the documentary conceals it !
Hi @odysusmithridates2272! Thank you for your feedback, we're glad you liked our video! 😊
Channel Host: This production has 2 points of purpose:
1) the HistoryArchaeology and Socio-Anthropolgy
2) to share the acts of an Aggressor's Destruction (Yet, the manner in which it is done, reveals the fact that the "Producer, Editor, Academics/Archaeologists, all thise involved in the creating and completion of this Film/Video and it's statement" (succumbed to the very energy it seeks to Judge).
This indicates that they have yet to identify, understand, or comprehend the "Group that inflicted the destruction AND the more destructive element, that being the "emotional abuse", the more toxic of the energies the Aggressor applied.
For, the video, "in its present state of Production" amounts to "another assault", it is the "Production Team, including the Academics' literally assisting their villain/aggressor through reapplying the act and its emotional abuse", for there's zero diffusion of the "Emotional Energy Weapon used that accompanied the Physical Weapons of destruction".
It reveals the absence of the Academic's having any knowledge of this point, and therefore not employing any Sociologist and Social-Psychologist for addressing the "understanding of this Emotional Abuse and offering a solution that provides a resolution, healing and innoculating from this invisible element, for the symptoms of emotional abuse are the greater cause of a cintinuing pain and far more threatening destruction for thise in the experience and those whom come to hear and visualize the experience.
Note: This is exactly how News Medias and other Medias, like this Video, spread and foster the "weapon of Emotiinal Abuse" (fear, fear hased thiughts, prejudice, anger, insecurities, feelings of being a victim, and other feelings and emotions associated with being helpless to all forms of Narcissistic actions and aggressions, for the acts + the message of the acts, whether words are included or not, the message is clear, and the weapon continues to effect the victims and hit new targets").
The Power of the Tool of Information aka News Media/Medias is the Most Powerful Tool of Control.
It is most Relevant that this subject be realized, understood, and addressed, for the value of Individuals and the Collective to gain a state of understanding, of achieving Higher Mind Thought, aka Mature Mind, and for all thats worthy, Academics should be successful knowledgeable of this subject and Mastered in their own: "Conscious in Thought" + "Applying the Higher Mind", for it is essential and must be a requirement for Teaching Others and for thise in Journalism having Responsibility for their participation in News Medias/Medias as it's effects affect every individual who receives the information, regardless of Medium.
It is necessary that the Academics and Journalists gain the knowledge, and make it a requirement, of the Foundational Facts our Reality operates on: the "Universal Laws" particularly the "Universal Law of Attraction", for what it defines is relevant to every living being in the World and Universe. It must be realized that all that exists is a result of what this Law defines, and in this 21st Century it is irresponsible to not be aware of it + practiced in the managing of ones own Thoughts and their having Established a correction to their learned "Thoughts and Beliefs Program" aka "Subconscious Thought Program", as it directly influences ones Thoughts, Beliefs, Actions, and their creating their Experiences of Reality.
The "Universal Law of Attraction" defines that all in this Universe is, and is contingent upon "Energy, Vibration, and Frequency"
All is "Energy, Vibrating on a Frequency".
Thoughts and Feelings are Energy.
"Thoughts + Feelings X Beliefs"
= Our Frequency
= Our Reality
All Positive Thought Energies are found in our "Higher Mind" aka "Mature Mind" and it is where Wisdom resides.
The "Lower Mind, aka Ego Mind, aka Adolescent Mind"bis where negative thought energies reside.
NOTE: (Journalism includes all types of Information Sharining and in all forms, from "TV Advertising, Newspapers, Radio Broadcasting, Movies, Documentaries, News and News Commentaries aka Opinion News, etc".)
What we: "Think, Say, Feel, and Believe" are what we are creating. Like Energies) Frequencies attract Like Energies/Frequencies.
Being in the feelings of abuse and victimized brings more of the same.
Being confident and secure, feeling happy and abundant, brings more of the same.
I would appreciate the sharing of these valuable facts with the Channel Host,vand they with the source of this video. Sharing with everyone would/will he the most valuable act of goodness I can imagine.
This is the 🔑 to Our and the Collective having Harmony, feeling and experiencing Wellbeing.
To withhold this speaks its own message and is the identifying of the Undesired state of chaos, of abuse, of the 1% vs the 99%.
Harmony is found in the Middle, never too far Right or Left, and where Harmony is, Peace is realized.
"Harmony is Balance in Motion"
Beth Bartlett
Sociologist/Behavioralist
and Historian
You should lay off the adderrall Beth, and work on the quality of your prose.
No "common era" for me. Bye bye
Thank God for Islam
Stop laying about history with people.
there is no such thing as a greco-roman culture. there is greek and the romans were the greatest plagiarists.even latin is a dead language. its greek in origin and later failed and in disuse
They were Arab Aramaic speaking people's as was also the Arabs of Jordan Petra.
There are many many ethnicities in this region. Not everyone is an Arab
@@brettmuir5679
The city was built by a group of Arab tribes, and the residents' names were Arabic and their religion was Arab
Even the early Muslim Arabs considered the Palmyrenes part of their ancestors
I do not understands why they conceal the Arab identity of Palmyra? are they keeping with a popular stereotype that Arabs don't build civilizations?
About portraiture ..what about the terra cotta army? I think they prob developed it before romans.
Remember that Russia and the Syrian Arab Army liberated Palmyra from the ISIS who are funded by the US and Israel, and hence Germany as well; as Germany is part of the US empire. Remember Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archeologist beheaded by the US/Israel funded and German tolerated Islamic State on 18 August 2015, at the age of 83.
Germany has blood on their hand.
lol
Well said