Tadmor is the Biblical name given to Palmyra, Syria and is told to be a city built by Solomon and made "in the wilderness." The city was constructed to fabricate trade with the East and has grounds in southern Palestine toward the wilderness, in Hebrew texts. The city is one of the ancient world and today the ruins indicate a splendor of riches, wealth, and power. Before it fell to the Romans, the city held the Temple of the Sun (dedicated to Baal), burial places and places of worship, and a street of columns.
"In desert solitudes then Tadmor sleeps..." (Barbauld, line 249)
These are some of the ruins today.
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