Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future
This volume brings together an international and interdisciplinary host of scholars to reflect on the complicated legacies of exploration at the archaeological site of Dura-Europos, situated on the western bank of the Euphrates River near modern Salihiyeh (Syria). A chance discovery after World War...
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| description | This volume brings together an international and interdisciplinary host of scholars to reflect on the complicated legacies of exploration at the archaeological site of Dura-Europos, situated on the western bank of the Euphrates River near modern Salihiyeh (Syria). A chance discovery after World War I kicked off a series of excavations that would span the next century and whose finds are today housed in collections worldwide, including the Yale University Art Gallery, the Louvre, and the National Museum in Damascus. Dura-Europos exemplifies a multiethnic frontier town at the crossroads of major trade routes. Its textual remains and remarkably-preserved Christian, Jewish, and polytheist religious sanctuaries provide key resources for the study of antiquity and attest to the cross-cultural interconnectivity that was demonstrably central to the ancient world but which has been too often obscured by Eurocentric historiographic traditions and siloed disciplinary divisions. Foreign-run, large-scale archaeological campaigns of the early twentieth century, like those at Dura-Europos, have created narratives of power and privilege that often exclude local communities. The significance of these imbalances is entangled with the destruction the site has experienced since the 2011 outbreak of conflict in Syria. As a step toward making knowledge descendant of early excavations more accessible, this volume includes Arabic summaries of each paper, following up on the simultaneous Arabic interpretation provided at the 2022 hybrid conference whose proceedings form the core of this publication. The papers address topics connected to essential themes in relation to Dura-Europos: long-distance trade relations and cross-border interactions in antiquity, including the exchange of technologies, people, and materials; Christianity, Judaism, and other religious practices, and their relations to one another; contemporary trafficking of looted artifacts; cultural heritage and the Islamic State; and the evolving role of museum collections, technologies, and archival materials for research. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1720282026-02-13T13:28:09Z Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future Brody, Lisa Hunnell Chen, Anne Archaeological sites & excavations Ancient Western Asia (Near East) (up to 7th cen.) Museology and heritage studies Objects and materials (antiquities & material culture) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region::NKDS Archaeological sites This volume brings together an international and interdisciplinary host of scholars to reflect on the complicated legacies of exploration at the archaeological site of Dura-Europos, situated on the western bank of the Euphrates River near modern Salihiyeh (Syria). A chance discovery after World War I kicked off a series of excavations that would span the next century and whose finds are today housed in collections worldwide, including the Yale University Art Gallery, the Louvre, and the National Museum in Damascus. Dura-Europos exemplifies a multiethnic frontier town at the crossroads of major trade routes. Its textual remains and remarkably-preserved Christian, Jewish, and polytheist religious sanctuaries provide key resources for the study of antiquity and attest to the cross-cultural interconnectivity that was demonstrably central to the ancient world but which has been too often obscured by Eurocentric historiographic traditions and siloed disciplinary divisions. Foreign-run, large-scale archaeological campaigns of the early twentieth century, like those at Dura-Europos, have created narratives of power and privilege that often exclude local communities. The significance of these imbalances is entangled with the destruction the site has experienced since the 2011 outbreak of conflict in Syria. As a step toward making knowledge descendant of early excavations more accessible, this volume includes Arabic summaries of each paper, following up on the simultaneous Arabic interpretation provided at the 2022 hybrid conference whose proceedings form the core of this publication. The papers address topics connected to essential themes in relation to Dura-Europos: long-distance trade relations and cross-border interactions in antiquity, including the exchange of technologies, people, and materials; Christianity, Judaism, and other religious practices, and their relations to one another; contemporary trafficking of looted artifacts; cultural heritage and the Islamic State; and the evolving role of museum collections, technologies, and archival materials for research. 2026-02-13T13:28:04Z 2026-02-13T13:28:04Z 2025 book 9782503616049 9782503616056 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/172028 eng ara Studies in Classical Archaeology application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503616049-1 https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCA-EB.5.143377 Brepols 10.1484/M.SCA-EB.5.143377 10.1484/M.SCA-EB.5.143377 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9782503616049 9782503616056 16 xvi + 245 Turnhout open access |
| spellingShingle | Archaeological sites & excavations Ancient Western Asia (Near East) (up to 7th cen.) Museology and heritage studies Objects and materials (antiquities & material culture) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region::NKDS Archaeological sites Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future |
| title | Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future |
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| topic | Archaeological sites & excavations Ancient Western Asia (Near East) (up to 7th cen.) Museology and heritage studies Objects and materials (antiquities & material culture) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region::NKDS Archaeological sites |
| topic_facet | Archaeological sites & excavations Ancient Western Asia (Near East) (up to 7th cen.) Museology and heritage studies Objects and materials (antiquities & material culture) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region::NKDS Archaeological sites |
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