Talk:Tadmor

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Can we return this beautiful shot (which doesn't have much hard visual information) when there is enough text to balance it?

I'm going to merge the article at Tadmor, Syria in here as that makes sense. Does anyone feel that the main article for this city should be at Palmyra instead of here? Gareth Hughes 19:25, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

There's no nonsense about not calling Palmyra 'Palmyra" in any of the other language Wikipedias. We have so little text I'm moving this pretty image here, so we don't forget it when there's room. --Wetman 14:50, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tadmor and Palmyra

Coming from a recent trip in Tadmor AND Palmyra I can tell that Syrians use "Tadmor" as the name of the modern city. Palmyra is more a name used by tourists with direct references to the ancient city now in ruins. I myself knew the word Palmyra long before Tadmor. Unless one wants to write something specific about Tadmor I would not change the redirection as I found it earlier today. --zelidar 16:38, 2005 Apr 9 (UTC)

You're right: that is the current state of affairs. However, both names are properly the name of the city. Palmyra is the Greek name for the place, and just as many ancient, abandoned sites are known by a name from the past, old Tadmor/Palmyra is called Palmyra. --Gareth Hughes 19:23, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I know little to nothing about the modern city. If you have numbers such as current population and other statistics maybe we could put that in the first paragraph. Right now the article is mainly concentrated on the ruins and the history of the city. I'm also thinking of adding another section that describes each ruins site in detail:possibly the Temple of Bel, the Decumanus, the theatre. Maybe then that sunset image will fit in nicely :).Yuber 19:10, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Strongly agree that this should go to Palmyra; it's far more common as an English-language name of the place. ˜˜˜˜