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The Discovery of Dura-Europos

by: Hopkins, C.

Price: 59,00 EURO

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Category: Ancient Topography / Geography / History
Code: 20472
ISBN-13: 9780300022889 / 978-0-300-02288-9
ISBN-10: 0300022883 / 0-300-02288-3
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: 1979
Publication Place: New Haven and London
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 309
Book Condition: Very good
Comments: Edited by Bernard Goldman

The discovery of Dura-Europos

Authors: Clark Hopkins, Bernard Goldman

Summary:From the third century A.D. until the 1920s, the ancient city of Dura, which the Greeks called Europos, lay covered by the sands of time. Today, hardly a book that touches on the ancient Eastern Mediterranean or on the development of art and religion in the West is without reference to the spectacular discoveries made at this site on the western bank of the Euphrates River. The Parthian Temple, the painted Christian Chapel, and the standing Jewish Synagogue with its four walls covered with paintings from the Old Testament are vital sources for the understanding of pagan religions, Judaism in the early centuries of the Christian Era, and early Christianity. The chance discovery of Dura by British troops in 1920 and its subsequent study of French and American archaeologists resulted in one of the most famous archaeological recoveries of the twentieth century. Scholarly publication of the finds at Dura has been copious, but here the exciting story of the actual campaigns is revealed. As Dura?s riches are gradually uncovered through these chapters, a deeper understanding of their meaning emerges.


xxiv, 309 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 26 cm

Subjects:
Archeologie
Doura-Europos (Ville ancienne)
Dura, Syria
Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology) Syria Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Fouilles (Archéologie) Syrie Doura-Europos (Ville ancienne)
Syria Dura-Europos (Extinct city)

 
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