Bassel Khartabil
Also known as Bassel Safadi
co-founder · contributor
Co-founder of NEWPALMYRA. From 2005 he photographed and modeled Palmyra with Al-Aous Publishers, building the open documentation that inspired the relaunched community after his arrest in 2012. His unreleased field photography still anchors inscription work including NPEO.
Contributions on NEWPALMYRA
- Began documenting Palmyra (2005) Early photography and 3D experiments with Al-Aous Publishers
- Al-Aous Publishers collaboration Original remodeling and publishing effort before 2012
- Project history and timeline Foundational work carried forward after detention
- NPEO inscription photography Unreleased field imagery cited in the 2026 epigraphic program
- Asad Al-Lat model (in his memory) First 3D model on Wikimedia Commons, released February 2018