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The Rediscovery of Palmyra and Its Dissemination in Philosophical Transactions (2016)

Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Volume: 70
Issue: 3
Pages: 209-230
Publication date: 2016
Language: English

DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2015.0059

URI: http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/70/3/209

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Archaeology 18th century Syria Palmyra (Syria) Royal Society of London

This paper examines the first publicly documented western encounter with the ancient city of Palmyra as an archaeological site. This encounter was achieved in the late seventeenth century by a group of British merchants, who reached Palmyra and made drawings and reports of its ruins. The reports were then published in Philosophical Transactions in the mid 1690s. This paper points to the ways in which such accounts came into being, as well as how the city was described and publicly communicated for the first time in Philosophical Transactions. These articles had a great impact throughout the following centuries as a reference for the study of Palmyra. This paper therefore also stresses the pivotal role of Philosophical Transactions for the production and dissemination of Palmyra's archaeological legacy, as well as for the development of early modern archaeology within the early Royal Society.

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