Erie Canal Marina: Palmyra, New York
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Erie Canal Marina: Palmyra, New York
Haunted History Trail of New York State visits Starr Clark Tin Shop and Underground Railroad Museum
The Starr Clark Tin Shop & Underground Railroad Museum in Mexico, NY is one of New York State's most documented underground railroad sites. It also has a spooky reputation...
Baal is Back! Demons in the Deep State
Pastor Carl Gallups lends unique expertise to the correlations between ancient prophecy and modern headlines in Ground Zero: Jerusalem.
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Prophecy is foretold in the Bible — and fulfilled in today’s news. But America is not mentioned in the Bible, so can there be any true connections between modern America, Israel, and the end times?
In this series, you will learn how prophecy works, how modern America ties into ancient prophecy, why Israel is in the crosshairs, which countries to watch, and what’s about to happen next!
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New York Path Through History - Small Town & Rural Heritage
Rural and small town historic sites in the Adirondacks and 1000 Islands tourism regions of New York State's North Country.
HISTORICAL PLACES OF NEW YORK STATE,U S A IN GOOGLE EARTH PART THREE ( 3/3 )
HISTORICAL PLACES OF NEW YORK STATE,U S A PART THREE (3/3)
1. CASTLE TICONDEROGA,ESSEX 43°50'30.55N 73°23'15.02W
2. ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL,BROOKLYN 40°43'10.16N 73°57'12.34W
3. EGG CENTER ARTS,ALBANY 42°39'1.98N 73°45'30.51W
4. ST.JEAN BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH,NEW YORK CITY 40°46'21.10N 73°57'36.31W
5. CHITTENANGO FALLS,CAZENOVIA 42°58'42.90N 75°50'29.38W
6. BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART,BROOKLYN 40°40'15.48N 73°57'49.94W
7. MONTAUK POINT LIGHTHOUSE,MONTAUK 41° 4'15.94N 71°51'25.41W
8. PRISON SHIP MARTYRS MONUMENT,BROOKLYN 40°41'30.52N 73°58'31.89W
9. ST.ADALBERTS BASILICA,BUFFALO 42°53'51.99N 78°49'52.95W
10. THE DAKOTA,NEW YORK CITY 40°46'36.50N 73°58'34.17W
11. NIAGARA FALLS 43° 4'54.19N 79° 4'13.50W
12. ST.VARTAN ARMENIAN CATHEDRAL,NEW YORK CITY 40°44'42.31N 73°58'30.99W
13. HOLY TRINITY MONASTERY,WARREN 42°55'38.20N 74°56'4.59W
14. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART,BOWERY 40°43'20.30N 73°59'34.58W
15. ITHACA FALLS,ITHACA 42°27'10.02N 76°29'29.88W
16. BELVEDERE CASTLE,NEW YORK CITY 40°46'45.75N 73°58'8.25W
17. ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL,SYRACUSE 43° 2'48.67N 76° 8'59.30W
18. WASHINGTON SQUARE ARCH,NEW YORK CITY 40°43'52.67N 73°59'49.15W
19. ST.JOHN CHURCH,SCHENECTADY 42°48'51.40N 73°55'54.34W
20. MUSEUM OF CITY,NEW YORK CITY 40°47'32.69N 73°57'6.77W
21. ST.LOUIS CHURCH,BUFFALO 42°53'44.39N 78°52'18.62W
22. NEW YORK CITY HALL,NEW YORK CITY 40°42'45.97N 74° 0'21.36W
23. CASTLE STANWIX,ROME 43°12'38.13N 75°27'18.81W
HISTORICAL PLACES OF NEW YORK STATE,U S A IN GOOGLE EARTH PART ONE ( 1/3 )
HISTORICAL PLACES OF NEW YORK STATE,U S A PART ONE (1/3)
1. CASTLE JAY,GOVERNORS ISLAND 40°41'29.51N 74° 0'57.82W
2. LUTHERAN CHURCH,SYRACUSE 43° 3'14.99N 76° 8'44.50W
3. GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL MEMORIAL, NEW YORK CITY 40°48'48.40N 73°57'46.75W
4. FORT WILLIAM HENRY,LAKE GEORGE 43°25'12.88N 73°42'39.87W
5. BOTANICAL GARDEN,BRONX 40°51'49.72N 73°52'56.03W
6. ST.JOSEPH&ST.PATRICK CHURCH,UTICA 43° 6'18.06N 75°14'28.22W
7. SOLDIERS & SAILORS MONUMENT,NEW YORK CITY 40°47'31.43N 73°58'44.13W
8. ST.MARY'S CHURCH,ROCHESTER 43° 9'12.25N 77°36'21.54W
9. STATUE OF LIBERTY,LIBERTY ISLAND 40°41'24.03N 74° 2'41.70W
10. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE,NEW YORK CITY 40°46'46.61N 73°57'55.39W
11. NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM,ALBANY 42°38'53.84N 73°45'42.58W
12. ELLIS ISLAND 40°41'56.19N 74° 2'27.26W
13. NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL,ALBANY 42°39'10.04N 73°45'26.16W
14. HINDU TEMPLE,FLUSHING 40°45'9.94N 73°49'0.72W
15. LITTLE CHURCH,CASTILE 42°35'23.44N 78° 2'22.84W
16. MUSEUM OF ART,NEW YORK CITY 40°46'46.00N 73°57'48.27W
17. ST.STANISLAUS RC CHURCH,BAFFALO 42°53'17.76N 78°50'25.01W
18. RIVERSIDE CHURCH,NEW YORK CITY 40°48'42.56N 73°57'47.20W
19. FORT NIAGARA,YOUNGSTOWN 43°15'47.03N 79° 3'50.76W
20. HEART POND,CATO 43° 7'3.37N 76°34'31.29W
21. CASTLE WILLIAMS,GOVERNORS ISLAND 40°41'34.34N 74° 1'9.74W
1697 Pennypack Creek Bridge - America's Oldest Bridge - Dec 4, 2015
Built 1697. Roadbed prepared for turnpike 1803. Iron tie bars installed above center arch on both up&downstream sides by 1860. Bridge widened on downstream side 1893. Stone parapets on both sides removed and replaced with overhanging steel and concrete sidewalks and steel railings 1950. 12 thick concrete layer applied to underside of arches on upstream side about 1950.
The Temple of Baal in America Today!
Pastor Carl Gallups lends unique expertise to the correlations between ancient prophecy and modern headlines in Ground Zero: Jerusalem.
This week, Pastor Carl unveils many disturbing ancient pagan practices and ceremonies being revived in our modern day cultures and governments.
Prophecy is foretold in the Bible — and fulfilled in today’s news. But America is not mentioned in the Bible, so can there be any true connections between modern America, Israel, and the end times?
In this series, you will learn how prophecy works, how modern America ties into ancient prophecy, why Israel is in the crosshairs, which countries to watch, and what’s about to happen next!
Make sure to catch this timely discussion on the next episode of Shabbat Night Live!
Hotchkiss Peppermint Oil - History Happened Here Historic Marker Vignette
Peppermint oil is a popular flavoring agent in everything from candies and baked goods, to schnapps and is used as a folk-remedy for a variety of ailments. While there was a thriving industry for the oil in Europe, there was very little production in the United States until Hiram Gilbert Hotchkiss started producing it from wild peppermint found near Lyons, New York. Around 1830, he started production, selling it locally. By 1839, he had enough surplus to try his hand at selling it in New York City. He discovered upon arrival that European imports dominated the market. Unable to sell his supply, he returned home, but he sent a sample of his oil to the capitol of the essential oil industry, Hamburg, Germany. He was pleasantly surprised to find that his oil was declared the purest in the world. Multiple awards followed, and orders began flooding in. The company remained in Lyons, until 1990 when it was acquired and production was moved to Indiana. The Hotchkiss Oil Company building house the Lyons Heritage Society. You can tour the peppermint museum which is on the banks of the Erie Canal.
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7 Historical Landmarks That were Destroyed
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Number 7 Statue of Zeus
Around 435 BC, renowned Greek sculptor Phidias created a statue of Zeus that would be regarded as a wonder of the ancient world. The statue was made out of gold and ivory panels that were placed on a wooden framework. The cedar wood throne was decorated with ivory, ebony, gold and precious stones. Some historic sources claim it to have been so beautiful that “a single glimpse would make a man forget all his earthly troubles”. The details surrounding the destruction of the statue of Zeus are unknown.
Number 6 Senator Tree
At one point, Florida’s Senator Tree was the both the largest and the oldest bald cypress tree in the world. It was an estimated 3,500 years old. Native American people living in Central Florida once used the tree as a landmark. It stood 125 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 17.5 feet. It represented a frequent attraction for visitors ever since the 19th century, when most of the land surrounding it was swamp.
Number 5 Lighthouse of Alexandria
For a long time, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the tallest man-made structures in the world. Its construction was commissioned by the first Ptolemy ruler of Egypt. The imposing 330-foot tall structure was completed during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, between 280 and 247 BC. It’s regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and its construction cost about 26 tons of silver. A furnace at the top produced the light and the tower was mostly built with solid blocks of limestone. Only a stub remained of the former structure and it too disappeared during medieval times when a fort was built in its place. Some of the lighthouse ruins were rediscovered in 1994, on the floor of Alexandria’s Eastern Harbor. Then, in 2016, plans were initiated by the Egyptians to turn the submerged ruins of ancient Alexandria into an underwater museum. There’s also a proposition to include them on a World Heritage List of submerged cultural sites.
Number 4 Valetta Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House was one of the most beautiful and iconic buildings in Valetta, Malta’s capital city. The classic design was completed by 1861 and the building opened its doors in 1866. Also known as the Royal Theatre, it had a seating capacity of 1,095 with 200 people standing. The Royal Opera House was subsequently restored and it opened its doors once more, in 1877, with a performance of Verdi’s “Aida”.
Number 3 Crystal Palace
London’s Crystal Palace was a true marvel of the 19th century. Originally built in Hyde Park, the structure was three times larger than St. Paul’s Cathedral. The enormous building was made out of cast-iron and plate-glass. It fact, it had the greatest area of glass ever seen in a building. Visitors marveled at its clear walls and ceilings, which didn’t require interior lighting. The Crystal Palace was built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 and its displays of technology developed during the Industrial Revolution. More than 14,000 exhibitors from all-over the world gathered in the space, which measured close to one million square feet. It also had a length of 1,850 feet and an interior height of 128 feet. After the exhibition was over, the Crystal Palace was moved and rebuilt next to an affluent neighborhood in South London. It continued to house events and exhibitions but deteriorated with time. Building the palace cost about $21 million. But relocating cost approximately $168 million.
Number 2 Palmyra
Palmyra is one of the oldest cities in the world with archaeological finds dating back to the Neolithic. It was an important stop on the Silk Road and its inhabitants became renowned merchants. As the city grew in wealth, it saw a number of monumental construction projects. The Islamic State took control of Palmyra in 2015. They subsequently destroyed numerous historic landmarks, including the ancient Lion of At-lat statue, the 1st-century Temple of Baalshamin, the Temple of Bel, the Tower of Elahbel and the Monumental Arch.
Number 1 Notre-Dame de Paris
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris is one of the world’s most recognized landmarks and a celebrated example of French Gothic architecture. A symbol of the French nation, the cathedral welcomed about 12 million visitors every year, making it one of the most visited Parisian monuments. Its name translates as “Our Lady of Paris”. The cathedral’s cornerstone was laid in the spring of 1163 and it was largely complete by 1260. However, it underwent frequent modifications in the centuries that followed.
Exploring: Weird New York - Episode 5 (Lucarelli's Banquet Hall)
Exploring: Weird New York - Episodic Paranormal Research Documentary. Follow the Center for Paranormal Investigation Association as they investigate alleged paranormal activity in some of the spookiest places in and around New York State. In This Episode - The CPIA investigates a banquet center in Lackawanna, New York. Many of the employees have witnessed the apparitions of a child playing in the hallways, disembodied voices and even the sounds of a piano playing on it's own.
Incredible Artifacts Discovered in the Middle East ATH
From the world’s oldest bread to these mysterious tiles and talismans here are The Most Incredible Artifacts Discovered in the Middle East
6.Mosul Museum Recoveries
In March of 2017, the Iraqi Federal Police recovered the Mosul Museum from extremists. Almost all of the artifacts inside were a total loss, with videos surfacing of the group destroying countless Babylonian, Assyrian, Akkadian, Persian, and Roman pieces that were priceless and irreplaceable. Oddly enough, many of the pieces were reportedly trafficked and, fortunately, the police recovered a cache of them from a home on the Eastern side of the city. started in 2014.
5. Ancient Dolmen
In 2017, archaeologists working in the Upper Galilee area of Israel discovered something intriguing while excavating a previously populated area. The massive stone dolman predates any known previously discovered creations, existing in a time some four thousand years ago. Dolmans are structures built through laying a large flat stone on top of other stones, much like a table but on a much bigger scale. There have been hundreds of other dolmans found around Israel and other places around the globe but this one is special for a number of reasons. For starters, it has been dated to the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age has long been regarded as a dark period for historians and archaeologists since very few artifacts survived to showcase how society moved during the time. Amazingly, this piece not only comes from that period but also includes a series of drawings on its underside that, if dated to the same period, are very likely the first example of art added to a dolman in all of the Middle East.
4. Museum Recovery
For three years, the Penn Museum worked tirelessly to restore and recover countless artifacts that were held within its archives. In a five million dollar restoration project, the museum has taken time and effort to create a mind blowing experience unlike any other through showcasing many artifacts that have never before been viewed by the general public. In fact, over one thousand new objects will be displayed, creating a massive new exhibition based mostly around mesopotamia. The centerpiece is a segment on the royal cemetery in Iraq that contains artifacts including the world’s oldest game board, royal clothing, and a host of other incredible pieces that can only be witnessed in the brand new exhibit. One incredibly sweet piece is the footprint of a newborn baby preserved in clay that is dated to over four thousand years ago.
3.World’s Oldest Bread
While sorting through a site consisting of what is believed to have once been a series of communal structures built for ceremonies and rituals, researchers discovered something a bit odd among the rubble and debris. One structure, which was probably used as a feasting hall of sorts, contained a plethora of food related artifacts, including bones from gazelles, waterfowls, and hares. Additionally, mustard seeds and roasted tubers were found alongside pieces of well preserved flatbread. This early bread sample is part of over two hundred that have been found in the Shubayqa region and has given a bit of a twist to the nutritional understanding that we have of the ancient people of the region.
2. Early Winemaking
In 2017, a joint effort between the University of Toronto and the Georgian National Museum, also known as the Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project Expedition or GRAPE for short, resulted in the discovery of what is believed to be the oldest example of winemaking in all of history. Dating back to 6000 BC during the Neolithic period, the discovery of a vessel containing wine residue has pushed back the assumed origin date of winemaking back more than six hundred years, potentially up to one thousand. It is believed that the wine was made from the eurasian grape, which has been used for generations to create hundreds of different varieties of table wines.
1. Hobby Lobby’s Stolen Artifacts
This story boggles the mind a bit and requires a bit of background information. Hobby Lobby is a craft and hobby supply chain in the United States that was founded in 1972 by Evangelical Christian Steve Green, who also later opened a Museum of the Bible as a place to store artifacts relating to Biblical stories for future generations to view. In an effort to obtain more items for the museum, Green and his employees sought out new sources for their purchases. Allegedly unknowingly, Green’s team began dealing with smugglers from the United Arab Emirates and came to possess several thousand small artifacts from Iraq that were believed to have been stolen during the United States lead upheaval of Suddam Hussein. In total, the company spent over a million dollars on these artifacts which was paid to seven different accounts.
Abandoned streetcar line at Rising Sun-Olney
Route 50, the Rising Sun Avenue 4th and 5th Streets Line is a former streetcar/trolley line and currently operated by bus. It is operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Athourity (SEPTA) in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It ran from the Northeast Philadelphia Neighborhood of Fox Chase down Oxford Avenue then on Rising Sun Avenue, using 6th Street for southbound and 5th street for Northbound in North Philadelphia. The line continues south on 4th street through Independence Hall ending the southern terminous to 6th street & Oregon Avenue. Buses replaced the line from Knorr street loop to Fox Chase (route 18). Route 50 for a brief time shared rails with route 47, another former street car line which was abandoned by the SEPTA board on June 15, 1969. As the line passed the Independence Hall, the PCC cars were painted in Bicentennial red, white and blue to celebrate the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Each car carried a colony state name.This line also saw and used an England boat car which came from Blackpool, England that ran passed from 4th & 5th streets between Girard Ave to Catherine Street in 1976. SEPTA stopped running trolleys on October 11, 1980 due to car shortage. With Despite and denials by SEPTA management crews ripped out the rails 5th street south of Girard Avenue in 1983. SEPTA sealed the line's fate in 1985. Route 50 currently goes from Frankford Terminal to Philadelphia Parx Race Trax Casino.
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10. Champ Island
Champ Island is one of the most remote and mysterious islands in the Russian Arctic. It is part of the Franz Josef Archipelago. The 374 sq. km. isle has tundra landscapes and stone spheres randomly spread throughout the terrain. The spheres range in size from boulders to small pebbles that can be held in the palm of your hand. The most tame theory is that they were shaped by an ancient civilization for unknown purposes, and of course there are the usual alien theories involved.
Some believe the spheres may be the result of concretion, a process by which the precipitation of mineral cement between the particles in sedimentary rock or soil forms a hard mass. But, scientists have determined the spheres were actually formed underwater, so concretion in this case wouldn’t have worked. Did ancient people carve these stone balls underwater? Nobody knows, but that of course, is part of its mysterious charm!
9. Bouvet
Bouvet is the most remote uninhabited island in the world! To give you an idea of how remote it is: the nearest landmass is Antarctica. Its roughly 75 square miles is mostly covered by glaciers. There is very little aside from moss, seals, seabirds and penguins. However, the island has been at the center of some peculiar mysteries. An early discoverer of the island documented a second island nearby that was never seen again. In the 1960s, an abandoned lifeboat and various supplies were found on the island, though nothing was ever seen of its passengers.
In 1979, the United States’ Vela satellite picked up a bright flash of light between Bouvet and Prince Edward Islands. Known as the Vela Incident, it is now believed that the flash was caused by a secret South African-Israeli joint nuclear bomb detonation, though neither country has officially admitted it.
Today, Norway lays claim to the island and has even designated a special internet domain for the island. As of yet, the domain, “.bv” remains unused. They’d better watch out or the pirate bay might take it over!
8. Daksa Island
Called the “Island of Ghosts”, Daksa in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik, Croatia, was once the home of the Franciscan Monastery of St. Sabina from 1281 CE to the 19th century. The small island also has a villa and an ancient lighthouse. However, it was little used after the monastery closed, and even less so after the events of 1944. At the height of World War II, Yugoslav partisans celebrated a victory by coming to Dubrovnik and rounding up 53 men suspected of being Nazi sympathizers, including the mayor of Dubrovnik and the local parish priest. Without a trial or evidence, they took them to Daksa and executed them.
In 2009, two mass graves were unearthed on the island. DNA samples were taken from the victims of the Daksa Massacre, and some were identified. The remains finally received a proper burial in 2010, 66 years after they were executed. But there are tales of the ghosts of the victims haunting the island, still crying out for justice. The little island is for sale, and has been for several years—without any takers. Not sure who wants to buy that dark piece of history.
7. Clipperton Island
Clipperton Island is a coral atoll south of Mexico and west of Guatemala in the Pacific. It was claimed by the French, followed by the Americans, and they both mined it for guano. Mexico took possession in 1897 and allowed a British company to mine the guano there. Around 1910, Mexico sent 13 soldiers to guard the island. Their wives and some servants joined them, and soon children were born. One of the island residents was a reclusive lighthouse keeper named Victoriano Álvarez. In 1914, supply ships stopped coming due to the Mexican Civil War, and malnutrition set in. The soldiers living on the island started to die off, until only the wives and their children remained. Victoriano Álvarez, the lighthouse keeper, also survived.
Álvarez seized control of the survivors and declared himself king of the island. He spent the next few years terrorizing the women and children of Clipperton Island, until they banded together to kill him. Gone was the mad king of Clipperton Island. In 1917, the last surviving islanders, three women and eight malnourished children, were rescued and evacuated by an American ship.
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Why Is The “Arch Of Baal” Being Erected In Washington D.C. During The Last Week Of September 2018?
The organization that is putting this arch on display in D.C. later this month says that it is a “symbol of peace and resilience”… The devil is a lie.
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The Arch of Titus in New York City
The Yeshiva University Museum and YU Center for Israel Studies celebrate the opening of the exhibition, “The Arch of Titus – from Jerusalem to Rome, and Back,” at the YU Museum.
Built circa 82 CE, the Arch of Titus preserves sculptural reliefs that depict the sacred vessels of the Jerusalem Temple being carried into Rome by celebrating Roman soldiers, including a seven-branched Menorah, which, since 1949, has been the emblem of the State of Israel. The Arch of Titus has undergone many physical changes over the course of its long history.
Featured in the exhibition is a life-size carved replica of the existing Spoils of Jerusalem relief panel from the interior passageway of the Arch, based on three-dimensional and polychrome scanning conducted under the direction of Yeshiva University’s Arch of Titus Project in 2012. (The replica and projected reconstruction have been developed and produced by VIZIN: The Institute for the Visualization of History together with Neathawk Designs, of Williamstown, MA.)
Stretching from the Roman era to the present, The Arch of Titus – from Jerusalem to Rome, and Back explores the image and symbolism of the Arch from various vantage points – from emperors and popes to Jews and Christians, who re-interpreted the meaning of the Arch in modern times. Rare artifacts from collections in Italy, Israel and the United States illuminate the monument’s vibrant history, as the Arch itself went from monumentalizing victory to falling into ruination and, eventually, to being restored in the modern era. Learn more at
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Islamic State Beheads 81-Year-Old Syrian Archaeologist
Syrian media and a monitoring group said that the Islamic State group beheaded one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars and strung his body on one of the Roman columns of Palmyra, the famed ancient site that he worked for decades to preserve. Khaled Asaad, 81, worked for more than 50 years as the head of antiquities in Palmyra, which Islamic State militants conquered in May.According to Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Assad had been held in captivity for a month and was killed because he refused to divulge where ancient artifacts had been hidden for safekeeping. Islamic State militants have embarked on a campaign of destroying antiquities, shrines, libraries and other cultural symbols deemed to be un-Islamic.
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Exhibit on endangered UNESCO site in Syria
(13 Dec 2016) Days after the Islamic State group (IS) seized back control of the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra, French President Francois Hollande and UNESCO chief Irina Bokova are inaugurating a prescient exhibit in Paris on Tuesday in collaboration with the Louvre that aims to educate the public on the status of endangered UNESCO heritage sites in Palmyra and the Middle East.
Its organisers said the display is aimed at being an emotional experience to take the visitor to the wounded, inaccessible wonder that Syrians affectionately refer to as the Bride of the Desert.
It's also meant to show how much of the site's heritage was spared.
The show that opens Wednesday in the Grand Palais plunges visitors into a three-dimensional, 360-degree projection using never-before-seen images of Palmyra.
They were snapped by a drone in April days after the city was liberated from IS group fighters.
Last year, the militants destroyed the Temple of Bel, which dated back to A.D. 32, and the Temple of Baalshamin, a structure of stone blocks several stories high fronted by six towering column - viewing them as monuments to idolatry.
They also blew up the non-religious ancient monument, The Arch of Triumph.
Despite this, the researcher behind the imagery Yves Ubelmann called the previously unseen photos he collated positive and noted how the exhibit highlighted the extent to which Palmyra remained intact.
Experts estimate that some 80 percent of the ancient ruins are still unharmed.
A UNESCO world heritage site, Palmyra boasts 2,000-year-old towering Roman-era colonnades and priceless artifacts, and has had a rich and varied history.
Before the war, it was Syria's top tourist attraction, drawing tens of thousands of visitors each year.
It is a bruising irony that just as this exhibit opens - thousands of miles away the threats in Palmyra's sites are ratcheted up.
On Sunday the extremists re-occupied the site, which they had been expelled from earlier this year - a surprise attack that took advantage of the Russian and Syrian government's preoccupation with the front in Aleppo.
It's unclear whether President Bashar Assad will prioritise retaking Palmyra, with what's left of its archaeological treasures after the first IS occupation.
Ubelmann founded the France-based organisation Iconem whose state-of-the art technology is showcased in the exhibit and maps out with arresting realism every nook and cranny of the sites that are found among the Middle East's most hostile places.
As well as Palmyra, they include Bamiyan in Afghanistan, Khorsabad in Iraq, the Umayyad Mosque in Syria, Kerak Castle in Jordan.
Google has teamed up with the exhibit's organizers to take these never-before-seen images of this endangered heritage truly global.
Three-dimensional images of the sites in the Grand Palais exhibit will be accessible on the free android app Google Arts & Culture from Wednesday.
The curator of the exhibit, Director of the Oriental Antiquities Department in the Louvre Museum, Marielle Pic, expressed remarkable sangfroid at the prospect of the age-old site's further destruction at the hands of militants.
She said, archaeologists must simply accept it.
The exhibit Eternal Sites, From Bamiyan to Palmyra runs until 9 January.
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