Zenobia: Empress of the East

Exploring Zenobia's World. The Incredible Rise and Fall of the City of Palmyra

04 October 2017

Lady Sattjeni V of Elephantine, Once More.

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The October-November special issue of NILE Magazine: Discover Ancient Egypt Today has just appeared. Its main feature story is on  ...
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03 May 2017

Zenobia, Visionary Queen of Ancient Palmyra

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This post was written for the Getty Research Institute’s blog, The Iris , in conjunction with their online exhibition The Legacy of Ancient ...
20 February 2017

The Invisible City of Zenobia

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Last week, the Peruvian architect Karina Puente sent me her brand-new drawing of the "Invisible city of Zenobia", one of the fift...
06 January 2017

WHERE ARE THE *REAL* WOMEN OF THE ANCIENT WORLD?

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So many books about Women in Antiquity really tell 'just so'  stories about fictional females -- and very much less about real wome...
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08 December 2016

THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRST DRAWINGS OF PALMYRA (Part II): Updated.

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Part I: click here Who drew this 'Curious Prospect' of Palmyra? At the end of his report on his successful visit to Palmyra (...
27 November 2016

THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRST DRAWINGS OF PALMYRA

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Who drew the first pictures of the ruins of Palmyra? The prequel Provinces and districts of Ottoman Syria (1696). Palmyra/Tadmor is no...
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Judith Weingarten
I studied Classical Archaeology at the University of Oxford (M.Litt.) and am a member of the British School at Athens. I excavated for many years on Crete and on the Greek mainland and travelled extensively in the Middle East. I have lived and worked among the ruins of the three great Caravan Cities: Petra, Palmyra, and Baalbek. It was at Palmyra in Syria that I began to tell the story of Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, and the rebellion that she led against imperial Rome. I was living within the grounds of the Temple of Bel, and at night, when the great gates of the temple were shut, I came closer to the spirit of the time and place than probably anyone has ever done before. I know that I felt very close to Zenobia, which made the book a joy for me to write.
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