artwork

Tower of Elahbel

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• Artist: Marin Pette
• Artist: #NEWPALMYRA
• Year: 2018
• Exhibition: #PALMYRAVERSE November Challenge
• Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Elahbel
• Url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/newpalmyra/albums/72157682493820155
• Url: https://sketchfab.com/models/6091a0d8f3464c53a8757eb81e9a9c96

Description

The Elahbel TowerThe Elahbel Tower, generously provided by Marin PetteThe Elahbel Tower, generously provided by Marin Pette under a CC-BY license.

The Elabel Tower was a four-story sandstone tomb, built around 103AD. It was important in the history of textiles: fragments of very early Chinese silk yarns, dated to the 1st century AD, were discovered in the tombs at the tower. The tower was demolished using explosives by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in August 2015.