Zenobia

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Queen Zenobia of Palmyra

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra

Zenobia, portrait bust; in the Vatican Museum, Rome.

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Zenobia: Media

queen of Palmyra

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Queen Zenobia of Palmyra

Queen Zenobia of Palmyra

Funerary stela from the 3rd century at Palmyra (in Syria) depicting Zenobia and an...

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Harriet Goodhue Hosmer: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra

Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, marble sculpture by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, c....

The Art Institute of Chicago, restricted gift of the Antiquarian Society, reference no. 1993.260 (CC0)

Zenobia, portrait bust; in the Vatican Museum, Rome.

Zenobia, portrait bust; in the Vatican Museum, Rome.

Anderson—Giraudon/Art Resource, New York

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