PALMYRA WATCH: Happier Days in Palmyra. This post is dedicated to the memory of Dr Khaled al-Assad, a good and gentle man (Judith Weingarten, Zenobia).
Also, many more photos of Palmyra: The Photo Archive of the Syrian-Norwegian research project Palmyrena: City, Hinterland and Caravan Trade between Orient and Occident (AWOL).
Background here and links.