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PALMYRA : CITY OF PALMS
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"Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could look so refreshing...Moslem story-tellers ascribe the building of Palmyra to the Jinn commandeered by Soloman..."
T.E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
 
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 Desert 

Syrian or Palmyrene Desert. 
Typical landscape on the journey to Palmyra.
A Sheikh ? 

Taking a rest upon arrival in Palmyra 
 
 

 
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 		 Tribute 

Ticket to the archaeological site with image of Queen Zenobia - tribute to a great leader 
 
Lonely splendour 

Palmyra with the Qalaat ibn Maan (castle on the hill) behind.  One often has Palmyra to oneself 
 

  
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Tower-tombs of Yemliko and Jambliq behind.
 
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