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SYRIA - MARCH 01: CNRS archaeologists Claude-Vibert Guigue (foreground) and Helene Eristov compare the graphic readings of the Victory Pillars located in the main chamber - Between each pillar, 65 spans allow to house six loculi (funerary box) visible in the dark in Palmyra, Syria in March, 2006. (Photo by Raphael GAILLARDE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

SYRIA - MARCH 01:  CNRS archaeologists Claude-Vibert Guigue (foreground) and Helene Eristov compare the graphic readings of the Victory Pillars located in the main chamber - Between each pillar, 65 spans allow to house six loculi (funerary box) visible in the dark in Palmyra, Syria in March, 2006.  (Photo by Raphael GAILLARDE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)