My Dura-Europos: The Letters of Susan M. Hopkins, 1927-1935

by Bernard Goldman, Susan M. Hopkins, Norma Goldman, et al.

Describes life from a woman's perspective at the excavation of Dura-Europos, an ancient site that contained many remarkable archaeological finds.

Dura-Europos, founded by the Greeks in 300 BCE, became a remote outpost of the Roman Empire in western Asia until it was finally destroyed by a Persian army in the third century CE. It lay buried until it was rediscovered by British troops in the aftermath of World War I, at which time...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814335888
• ISBN13: 9780814335888
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.2"