Remembering Roman Syria: valuing Tadmor-Palmyra, from ‘discovery’ to destruction

Jennifer Baird; Zena Kamash

doi:10.1111/2041-5370.12090

Remembering Roman Syria: valuing Tadmor-Palmyra, from ‘discovery’ to destruction

Jennifer Baird
, Zena Kamash

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Abstract

The 1753 publication of The Ruins of Palmyra by Robert Wood was key in the formation of archaeological understandings of the site. Examining the original notebooks and drawings of the expedition, which formed the basis for this publication (now held by the Combined Library of the Institute of Classical Studies and the Hellenic and Roman Societies in London), this article examines the relationship between those first documents, the publication, and some of its afterlives. We demonstrate how Wood’s treatment of Tadmor‐Palmyra and its inhabitants has shaped memories of the site, prioritizing certain narratives and occluding others, a process that continues today.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-29
Number of pages	29
Journal	Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies
Volume	62
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-5370.12090
Publication status	Published - 25 Jun 2019

Keywords

Syria
Palmyra
Archives
Archaeology
Memory
Roman
18th century

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Remembering Roman Syria
Kamash, Z. (Guest editor) & Baird, J. (Guest editor), 25 Jun 2019, In: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. 62, 1
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