The Discovery of Dura-Europos

by Clark Hopkins

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300022883
• ISBN13: 9780300022889
• Release Date: November 1979
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"