The 1001 Faces of Palmyra (2021)
• April 17th, 2021 • 0h 0min
Documentary, History
Overview
Two thousand years ago, it was a flourishing city in the middle of what is now a Syrian desert. At the crossroads of trade routes, Palmyra attracted caravanners from Mesopotamia, India and China. In what remains of its ruins, rediscovered by Europeans in the 17th century, its numerous necropolises bear witness to a prosperous past. Carved in limestone in the first centuries of our era, the faces of the representatives - men, women and children - of its greatest families adorn the walls of its tombs. Since 2012, Danish archaeologist Rubina Raja has been leading a long-term project to find, document and retrace the family trees and daily life of these Palmyrenians.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Braddock's Road: A Legacy Unearthed
Released on: 2022-11-30
Documentary
Built in 1755 at the height of the French and Indian War, Braddock's Road was one of the nation's mo...
Gladiators: Back from the Dead
Released on: 2010-06-14
Documentary, History
Up to one million gladiators are thought to have died in arenas across the Roman Empire. And, althou...
For Sama
Released on: 2019-07-26
Documentary, War
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life...
A Piece of Land
Released on: 2019-06-16
Action, Drama, History, War
Ahmed flees his war-torn homeland of Syria and faces discrimination in Iraq. The people of the new s...
The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story
Released on: 2014-11-30
History, Documentary
It's the most extraordinary feat of engineering in history, and one of the most iconic man-made stru...
Peru - Sacrifices in the Kingdom of Chimor
Released on: 2022-09-01
Documentary, History
In northern Peru, the unprecedented archaeological discovery of the largest known mass child sacrifi...
The Sniper of Kobani
Released on: 2016-09-23
Documentary
Haron is a Kurdish sniper operating within the Syrian town of Kobani. As he fights the IS occupation...
The Crossing
Released on: 2015-05-19
Documentary
A first-hand account of the perilous journey made by a group of Syrian refugees. Traversing land and...
Petra, the Capital of the Desert
Released on: 2014-01-01
Documentary, History, TV Movie
At the dawn of the Christian era, Petra, capital of the rich kingdom of the Nabataeans, bordering th...
Turkmenistan's Cultural Treasures
Released on: 2020-10-03
Documentary
To outsiders, Turkmenistan is one of the world's least known countries. For the first time in ten ye...
The Mystery of Bay Bulls
Released on: 1979-01-01
Documentary
A film on the "SAPPHIRE", the oldest identified wreck in Canadian waters. Parks Canada's underwater ...
The White Helmets
Released on: 2016-09-16
Documentary, War
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk th...
HyperNormalisation
Released on: 2016-10-25
Documentary
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They...
Homo sapiens, the New Origins
Released on: 2020-10-10
Documentary, TV Movie
In Morocco, new excavations on the site of Jebel Irhoud upset the generally accepted view of the dat...
Windows of the Soul
Released on: 2011-09-07
Documentary
A documentary film about Syria with its diverse civilizations and history. Where the hero of the fil...
The Emperor's Lost Harbour
Released on: 2011-11-17
Documentary, History
In the heart of a metropolitan city of 15 million people and among the construction of a new billion...
Black Box Syria: The Dirty War
Released on: 2020-10-02
Documentary, History
A look back over nine years of the Syrian Civil War, an inextricable conflict, like a black box, due...
Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen
Released on: 2007-01-01
Documentary, History
Move over, King Tut: There's a new pharaoh on the scene. A team of top archaeologists and forensics ...
