| Dura-Europos Contributor(s): Baird, J. A. (Author), Harrison, Thomas (Editor), Garrow, Duncan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 147253087X ISBN-13: 9781472530875 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Ancient - General - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 939.432 |
| LCCN: 2017055215 |
| Series: Archaeological Histories |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 1" W x 1" (1.00 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dura-Europos is one of Syria's most important archaeological sites. Situated on the edge of the Euphrates river, it was the subject of extensive excavations in the 1920s and 30s by teams from Yale University and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Controlled variously by Seleucid, Parthian, and Roman powers, the site was one of impressive religious and linguistic diversity: it was home to at least nineteen sanctuaries, amongst them a Synagogue and a Christian building, and many languages, including Greek, Latin, Persian, Palmyrene, and Hebrew which were excavated on inscriptions, parchments, and graffiti. Based on the author's work excavating at the site with the Mission Franco-Syrienne d'Europos-Doura and extensive archival research, this book provides an overview of the site and its history, and traces the story of its investigation from archaeological discovery to contemporary destruction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harrison, Thomas: - Thomas Harrison is Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool, UK. His publications include Divinity and History: the religion of Herodotus (2000), The Emptiness of Asia: Aeschylus' Persians and the history of the fifth century (2000); as editor Greeks and Barbarians (2002) and the Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome (2006). |