The rediscovery of Palmyra and its dissemination in Philosophical Transactions

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ID11767235
AuthorsGregorio Astengo (The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume70
Issue3
Pages209-230
Publication date2016-03-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNotes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178
PublisherRoyal Society (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1098/rsnr.2015.0059
PMID31390424
OpenAlexW2307193458
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

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

Ancient city · Ancient history · Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History

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