More pictures from the second day. Amelia and Emily in front of the main door of the Syrian National Museum in Damascus. The highlight of the museum was the Duro-Europus, an ancient Synagogue found in the desert which was well preserved and showed several figures of Biblical stories dressed in Hellenistic robes. This is interesting because it shows that Hellenistic thought was already influencing Judaism before Christ and because Jewish practice didn't ordinarily involve pictures of human forms. Another area of the museum preserved a tomb from Palmyra used for family interment.
Stone carvings show the passed family ready to feast with living family members.
The rest of the day would bring us to the heart of Damascus. Rafik is a great tour guide but he worked us hard. More pictures from the third day. After traveling miles in the Syrian desert, we were surprised by the sudden green of Palmyra's oasis. This ancient city is approximately 120 miles northeast of Damascus.