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Photo: Zenobia Hotel in Palmyra, ... Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, with its once-grand hotel named for a warrior queen. June 11, 2025 9:36 AM ET. By . Jane Arraf Jackie Lay/NPR ...

Battered and bullet-ridden but still standing! It doesn't look it now, but this was one of the most elegant hotels in the Middle East. The Zenobia was built in the 1920s. It was named after Queen ...

The Zenobia was built in the 1920s. It was named after Queen Zenobia, the legendary ruler of ancient Palmyra who annexed part of the Roman Empire when the city was a key stop on the Silk Road. I took ...

Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, with its once-grand hotel named for a warrior queen By Jane Arraf Published June 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM EDT ...