And of course, what they were seeking to destroy in Palmyra is precisely what I've been explaining about this blended multicultural society. Because Palmyra , a caravan city in the middle of the desert there, all along the trading routes, because it's been Rome on its eastern fringe there, it's where Rome blended with the Babylonian and Mesopotamian cultures and with the Persian cultures and with the ancient Egyptian cultures, and that
And so he engineered an attack like this, and then showed it to the media, and showed his own army coming in to save the inhabitants, of the patterns that they found in Palmyra , brought them back to this country, published them, and that stimulated the neoclassical revival
And so he engineered an attack like this, and then showed it to the media, and showed his own army coming in to save the inhabitants, Because when they saw what happened in Palmyra , they all vowed that this was not going to happen to Basra.
And so he engineered an attack like this, and then showed it to the media, and showed his own army coming in to save the inhabitants, That's because British architects went out to Palmyra and did detailed drawings back in the 18th century
It's almost like somebody who's fastidious about their clothing. This is a wonderful anemone from the Central Pacific around Palmyra , Kingman, and Jarvis. And one of the things that I can achieve by doing photography in this way is that you get to see more.
it's where Rome blended with the Babylonian and Mesopotamian cultures and with the Persian cultures and with the ancient Egyptian cultures, and that resulted in a special fusion of the cultures to create the Palmyran civilization, which is unique. It had its own language.
And it's very clever stuff, and it works. Because what we didn't hear about at all is what was going on in Palmyra before Russia and before ISIS. Because these pictures are from 2013, well before any of that happened, when in fact
But also, we want to stimulate the cultural scene in the UAE. Absolutely. There is also the build of the 3D model of Palmyra that the Future Foundation worked on.
He's a genius, and they pay him a fortune to produce very, very clever images like this, which project this massive sense of power, of the power of ISIS. And of course, here they're using the stage building of the Roman theater in Palmyra to project this image onto the world stage of their power. And so they've lined up a group of Syrian soldiers there.
So they were able to project the amount of power that they had quite disproportionately. And of course, what they were seeking to destroy in Palmyra is precisely what I've been explaining about this blended multicultural society. Because Palmyra , a caravan city in the middle of the desert there, all along the trading routes, because it's been Rome on its eastern fringe there,
And so he engineered an attack like this, and then showed it to the media, and showed his own army coming in to save the inhabitants, That gold acanthus leaf up in the corner there is straight off the Hellenistic blocks of Palmyra .
And so he engineered an attack like this, and then showed it to the media, and showed his own army coming in to save the inhabitants, So things like that, that is the rose of Palmyra , taken straight off the carved blocks of Palmyra .
It's such an eye opener to see how misinformation is done. Very, very clever. So of course when Russia took retook Palmyra from ISIS. They immediately saw what a propaganda coup, this was because the world has always been fascinated by the mystique of Palmyra .
Very, very clever. So of course when Russia took retook Palmyra from ISIS. They immediately saw what a propaganda coup, this was because the world has always been fascinated by the mystique of Palmyra . And so Russia bused in a special orchestra for this victory concert in the very same building, the Roman theater,
This is the Krak de Chevaliers. It's the world's best preserved crusader castle, and it's got caught up in the conflict for the same reason that Palmyra got caught up-- its strategic location. Because the reason it's there in the first place, just like the reason Palmyra 's there in the first place,
It's the world's best preserved crusader castle, and it's got caught up in the conflict for the same reason that Palmyra got caught up-- its strategic location. Because the reason it's there in the first place, just like the reason Palmyra 's there in the first place, is because of the trade trade routes converging.
I also worked on NOAA research vessels, off the coast of French Frigate Shoals, which is one of the islands in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. There was a NOAA vessel that went out to that area specifically looking at marine invertebrates, and also in the Central Pacific around Palmyra , Kingman, and Jarvis. And this looks almost like an extraterrestrial animal, I think.