Dura-Europos /
Dura-Europos on the Syrian Euphrates was the subject of extensive excavations in the 1920s and 30s by French and American archaeologists, and is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Roman Near East. A Seleucid, Parthian and Roman site, its place between East and West is a vexed ques...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
[2018]
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| Series: | Archaeological histories.
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| Summary: | Dura-Europos on the Syrian Euphrates was the subject of extensive excavations in the 1920s and 30s by French and American archaeologists, and is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Roman Near East. A Seleucid, Parthian and Roman site, its place between East and West is a vexed question in both the ancient and modern worlds. The site was home to at least nineteen sanctuaries, among them a Synagogue and Christian building and from inscriptions, parchments and graffiti many languages are attested, including Greek, Latin, Persian, Palmyrene and Hebrew. This book provides an overview of the site and its history, situating Dura-Europos in its geographical, historical and intellectual contexts, tracing the story of the site and its afterlives in scholarly and popular perceptions. Based on the author's work excavating at the site with the Mission Franco-Syrienne d'Europos-Doura and extensive archival research, the volume draws together threads of Dura-Europos' legacy and significance, and discusses how the multicultural, religiously plural and polyglot site has been recovered and shaped by archaeology. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 221 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472522115 1472522117 9781472530875 147253087X |