Sunday, April 3, 2011

Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity



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This exhibition catalog serves as an interdisciplinary introduction to the ancient city of Dura-Europos, a vibrant, multi-cultural settlement at the crossroad between major Eastern and Western civilizations that was abandoned in 257 CE. Between 1928 and 1937, Yale University was involved in an excavation of the site, which is in present-day Syria, and uncovered wall paintings that fundamentally altered scholars’ understanding of religious practice in late antiqu... More >>

Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity

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