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Palmyra revisited: 40 years of different ways of research - J. Seigne 2021. Observations sur la topographie de Palmyre. Studia Palmyreńskie 14. Warsaw: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology. - M. Gawlikowski 2022. Tadmor – Palmyra. A Caravan City between East and West. Cracow: IRSA Publishers.

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J. Seigne 2021. Observations sur la topographie de Palmyre. Studia Palmyreńskie 14. Warsaw: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology.
M. Gawlikowski 2022. Tadmor – Palmyra. A Caravan City between East and West. Cracow: IRSA Publishers.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2023

Andreas Schmidt-Colinet
Andreas Schmidt-Colinet*
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Vienna University, Institute of Classical Archaeology
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Journal of Roman Archaeology , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , December 2022 , pp. 939 - 949
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The author notes that he is in scientific exchange and personal contact with both authors of the publications reviewed here, but these do not constitute a conflict of interest for the purposes of this book review.

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