Dura-Europos: Excavating Antiquity | Yale University Art Gallery
The archaeological site of Dura-Europos, in modern Syria, is a fascinating crossroads of ancient cultures. It is perhaps best known for the important finds unearthed during the excavations in …
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Dura-Europos - Wikipedia
Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman border city built on an escarpment 90 metres (300 feet) above the southwestern bank of the Euphrates river. It is located near the village of Salhiyé, in present-day Syria. Dura-Europos was founded around 300 BC by Seleucus I Nicator, who founded the Seleucid Empire as one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great. In 113 BC, Parthians co…
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Dura-Europos - Smarthistory
The ancient site now known as Dura-Europos (in what is today Syria) was not a key site in antiquity, but its importance is in its vast archaeological record.
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Aug 11, 2010 · In 1920, British soldiers digging trenches near the Euphrates River came across ancient wall paintings. In the sands of eastern Syria, they uncovered the remains of the …
Extraordinary Artworks from Dura-Europos - Yale …
Feb 18, 2019 · The gallery showcases the art and artifacts excavated at Dura-Europos during the Yale-French archaeological campaign in the 1920s and 1930s. A related online feature explores Dura through photographs and field …
Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Yale University …
Feb 5, 2011 · Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity. Featuring material from the Yale University Art Gallery’s collection, this exhibition examines the diverse cultural identities that coexisted in the fascinating ancient city of Dura …
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Dura-Europos: The Ancient City and the Yale Collection
Most of the artifacts from Dura-Europos remained in Syria, but Yale received a richly varied collection of close to 100,000 objects—approximately half of the objects excavated. Author and curator Susan B. Matheson provides an …
(PDF) The Murals of the Synagogue at Dura Europos as …
The figurative decorations of the synagogue in Dura Europos have aroused questions about their significance and reading strategy. They have been seen as expressions of different Jew-ish currents in Late Antiquity. In many …
To The Black Sea And Back: The Late Antique Dura-Europos …
Jun 27, 2017 · Dura-Europos is an ancient site on the Euphrates river in modern-day Syria. The objects excavated at the site by Yale University (later famously led by Mikhail Rostovtzeff), …
Dura-Europos - World Archaeology
Sep 3, 2011 · Founded c.300 BC by a Macedonian successor of Alexander the Great, Dura-Europos was a cosmopolitan melting pot inhabited by an international and multilingual community of Christians, Jews, and polytheistic …
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