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Acknowledgements 
We wish to thank the Syrian Antiquities 
Department, especially the General Directors and 
Directors M. al-Maqdissi, PhD, and A. 
Abdulrahman, MA, as well as the Museum of 
Palmyra with its Director K. As'ad and Vice 
director A. Taha, for the friendly co-operation 
over the years. The archaeological support from 
Prof. Milton Nunez, Margot Stout Whiting, 
MPhil, Muhammed Taha, MA, Helena Riihiaho, 
MTheol., Prof. Gullôg Nordquist, Prof. Ingolf 
Thuesen, Prof. Christian Meyer and Kenneth 
Lônnqvist, Ph.Lic., has been vital in the project. In 
the technical assistance Arto Vuorela, MSci, Jari 
Okkonen, PhLic., Juhana Saukkkonen, MTheol., 
Kirsi Lorentz, MSci, Mervi Saario, MSci, Niina 
Turri, BA., Donald Lillqvist, BA, and Minna 
Falck, BA, are to be mentioned with gratitude. 
Finally we wish to thank the Academy of Finland, 
NorFA and Nokia Co. for financing the project 
and DLR for providing us with the RS-products.