Take a virtual tour of the Roman ruins of Palmyra in Syria - in pictures

Syria has six sites listed on the Unesco elite list of world heritage and all of them sustained some level of damage in the 10-year war

A damaged amphitheatre in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra in the country's central province of Homs. AFP

Apr 5, 2021

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