Tadmur or Palmyra
Tadmur or Tudmur (which means "the town that repels" in Amorite and "the indomitable town" in Aramaic.
About Palmyra some believe it was related to the palm trees in the area.
It is recorded in Babylonian tablets found in Mari was an ancient city in Syria. In the age of antiquity, it was an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus. It had long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert.
Though the ancient site fell into disuse after the 16th century, it is still known as Tadmor in Arabic, and there is a newer town next to the ruins of the same name.
The Palmyrenes constructed a series of large-scale monuments containing funerary art such as limestone slabs with human busts representing the deceased.
THE PHOTO-SHOP MANIPULATED PHOTO.
The Culture of Palmyra
Palmyrans were of Arab ethnicity,they bore Arabic names, and worshipped Arabic deities such as: Hubal, Ruda, Ma'nu, Allat, Baal, and Munaf. Palmyrans were originally speakers of a North Arabian dialect; then they adopted Aramaic as an official language thus becoming bilingual, but later shifted from Aramaic into Latin. In the time of the Islamic conquests Palmyra was inhabited by several Arab tribes, primarily Qada'ah and Kalb among others.
Its History
The history of that town path through many historical eras[ periods] Here are some notes for that periods.
Ancient period
There had been a temple at Palmyra for 2000 years before the Romans ever saw it.
Greco-Roman periods
Palmyra was made part of the Roman province of Syria during the reign of Tiberius (14 –37 AD). It steadily grew in importance as a trade route linking Persia, India, China, and the Roman empire.
Islamic rule
The city was captured by the Muslim Arabs under Khalid ibn Walid in 634. Palmyra was kept intact. After the year 800 and the civil wars which followed the fall of the Umayyad caliphs, people started abandoning the city.
Funerary art
Outside the ancient walls, the Palmyrenes constructed a series of large-scale funerary monuments, which now form the so-called Valley of the Tombs, a 1 km long necropolis, with a series of large structures with rich decorations. These tombs, some of which were below ground, had interior walls that were cut away or constructed to form burial compartments in which the deceased, extended at full length, were placed. Limestone slabs with human busts in high relief sealed the rectangular openings of the compartments.
As I was so fond of the history of that town and Queen Zenobia I had manipulate the photo of the bust of a palmyral woman with photoshop ,and that is
HOW TO MANIPULATE THE PHOTO .
Open thr picture in photo-shop.
The diagram shows Refine Edge
I hope it is useful. Thanks
Tadmur or Tudmur (which means "the town that repels" in Amorite and "the indomitable town" in Aramaic.
About Palmyra some believe it was related to the palm trees in the area.
It is recorded in Babylonian tablets found in Mari was an ancient city in Syria. In the age of antiquity, it was an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus. It had long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert.
Though the ancient site fell into disuse after the 16th century, it is still known as Tadmor in Arabic, and there is a newer town next to the ruins of the same name.
The Palmyrenes constructed a series of large-scale monuments containing funerary art such as limestone slabs with human busts representing the deceased.
THE PHOTO-SHOP MANIPULATED PHOTO.
The Culture of Palmyra
Palmyrans were of Arab ethnicity,they bore Arabic names, and worshipped Arabic deities such as: Hubal, Ruda, Ma'nu, Allat, Baal, and Munaf. Palmyrans were originally speakers of a North Arabian dialect; then they adopted Aramaic as an official language thus becoming bilingual, but later shifted from Aramaic into Latin. In the time of the Islamic conquests Palmyra was inhabited by several Arab tribes, primarily Qada'ah and Kalb among others.
Its History
The history of that town path through many historical eras[ periods] Here are some notes for that periods.
Ancient period
There had been a temple at Palmyra for 2000 years before the Romans ever saw it.
Greco-Roman periods
Palmyra was made part of the Roman province of Syria during the reign of Tiberius (14 –37 AD). It steadily grew in importance as a trade route linking Persia, India, China, and the Roman empire.
Islamic rule
The city was captured by the Muslim Arabs under Khalid ibn Walid in 634. Palmyra was kept intact. After the year 800 and the civil wars which followed the fall of the Umayyad caliphs, people started abandoning the city.
Funerary art
Outside the ancient walls, the Palmyrenes constructed a series of large-scale funerary monuments, which now form the so-called Valley of the Tombs, a 1 km long necropolis, with a series of large structures with rich decorations. These tombs, some of which were below ground, had interior walls that were cut away or constructed to form burial compartments in which the deceased, extended at full length, were placed. Limestone slabs with human busts in high relief sealed the rectangular openings of the compartments.
As I was so fond of the history of that town and Queen Zenobia I had manipulate the photo of the bust of a palmyral woman with photoshop ,and that is
HOW TO MANIPULATE THE PHOTO .
Open thr picture in photo-shop.
- With the Quick Selection Tool select the dark brown background , then refine the edges .
- Make revers selection [ Selection Menu- Inverse].
- Open new transparent document with the same dimentios of the photo.Fill the layer with the color you like [Edit -Fill] .Rename the layer to background
- Go to arrange documents in menu bar and select 2 up,so you can see the two documents
- Go to the first document and copy the selecte part [ Edit- Copy] .Go to the new document and past the copied part.
- Go to the background layer in the new document and select it and add style to it [ styles panel].
- Go to the picture layer in the new document and add layer style to the picture from the button in the layer panel .
- Add a frame to the photo with the Custom Shap Tool .Select the frame and the style you like.
- save your work.
I hope it is useful. Thanks
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