Palmyra, is located 12 miles northwest of Mark Twain’s Hometown, Hannibal, MO (pop. 17,757) and 17 miles southwest of Quincy, IL (pop. 40,366), a commercial center noted for its architecture and as an important stop on the “underground railway.”

Palmyra (/ pælˈmaɪrə / pal-MY-rə; Palmyrene: 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴 ‎ (), romanized:Tadmor; Arabic: تَدْمُر, romanized:Tadmur) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second millennium BCE.

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Palmyra is in east-central Marion County, 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Hannibal, the largest city in the county, and 6 miles (10 km) west of the Mississippi River. Quincy, Illinois, is 16 miles (26 km) to the northeast, and Canton is 25 miles (40 km) to the north.

15 hours ago · The towering stone columns of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria rise majestically from the desert sands, lining the main avenue that once connected its temples, markets and amphitheater.

Palmyra, seven miles west of the Mississippi River, sits on a natural rock foundation where early settlers found an endless water supply from a clear, sweet spring. In 1818, Benjamin Vanlandingham and his family arrived from Kentucky and built a log cabin, a replica of which can be seen today, near the Big Spring.

4 days ago · Before 2015, Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied Silk Road city. Syrians hope restoration can begin now.

3 days ago · Palmyra, ancient city in south-central Syria, 130 miles (210 km) northeast of Damascus. The name Palmyra, meaning “city of palm trees,” was conferred upon the city by its Roman rulers in the 1st century ce; Tadmur, Tadmor, or Tudmur, the pre-Semitic name of the site, is also still in use.

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Jan 12, 2018 · Palmyra is an ancient archaeological site located in modern-day Syria. Originally founded near a fertile natural oasis, it was established sometime during the third millennium B.C. as the...