West of the ancient walls, the Palmyrenes built a number of large-scale funerary monuments which now form the Valley of Tombs, a one-kilometre-long (0.62 mi) necropolis.
The more than 50 monuments were primarily tower-shaped and up to four stories high.
Towers were replaced by funerary temples in the first half of the second century AD, as the most recent tower is dated to AD 128.
The city had other cemeteries in the north, southwest and southeast, where the tombs are primarily hypogea (underground).
West of the ancient walls, the Palmyrenes built a number of large-scale funerary monuments which now form the Valley of Tombs, a one-kilometre-long (0.62 mi) necropolis. The more than 50 monuments were primarily tower-shaped and up to four stories high. Towers were replaced by funerary temples in the first half of the second century AD, as the most recent tower is dated to AD 128. The city had other cemeteries in the north, southwest and southeast, where the tombs are primarily hypogea (underground).
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