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Ruins of Palmyra and Its Sun Temple

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 22, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 4.

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Ruins of Palmyra and Its Sun Temple

PALMYRA, “the place of palm trees,” is supposed to be the “Tadmor of the wilderness,” which Solomon built. Here, among other remains, are those of a magnificent sun temple; though none of them will compare in grandeur, beauty and exquisite workmanship, nor in antiquity, with those of Baalbec.