Dura-Europos : past, present, future / edited by Lisa R. Brody and Anne Hunnell Chen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brody, Lisa R., editor.

Hunnell Chen, Anne, editor.

Series:

Studies in classical archaeology ; 16.

Studies in classical archaeology ; volume 16

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city)--Congresses.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Dura-Europas (Extinct city)--Congresses.

Dura-Europas (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans, portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2025]

Language Note:

Introduction in English and Arabic; contributions in English with abstracts in Arabic.

Contents:

1. Introduction / Lisa R. Brody and Anne Hunnell Chen

2. Rostovtzeff's Dura / Jaś Elsner

3. 'Dura and the problem of Parthian art' (almost) a hundred years later / Henry P. Colburn

4. The bloody genesis of Dura-Europos studies: archaeology, colonialism, and violence at Salhiyeh, 1916–1920 and beyond / Simon James

5. The so-called Semitic population of the Roman Near East with special reference to Dura-Europos / Kevin T. van Bladel

6. A few notes on Parthian Dura-Europos / Leonardo Gregoratti

7. Monuments and memory at Dura-Europos / Ted Kaizer

8. The bone dolls from Dura-Europos: embodying childhood experience / Juliet Samson-Conlon

9. Touching and inscribing the Dura-Europos synagogue / Karen B. Stern

10. New trends in Mithraic studies: experiencing the Dura-Europos Mithraeum / Lucinda Dirven

11. Staying at home or taking away: Palmyrene priestly iconography as expressions of local religious traditions and societal status / Rubina Raja

12. Military communities from East to West: understanding local contexts and responses at DuraEuropos and Vindolanda / Elizabeth M. Greene and Craig A. Harvey

13. The ruins that remain: remembering Dura-Europos in Salhiyeh / J. A. Baird and Adnan Almohamad

14. The pillaging of Dura Europos: IS and the illicit trade in antiquities / Amr Al Azm

15. A legal framework for protecting heritage against destruction and looting / Leila A. Amineddoleh.

Notes:

"The year 2022 marked one hundred years since the start of systematic excavation at Dura-Europos. A milestone like a centenary invites reflection on the past, and the best reflections inspire us to look to the future and outline steps to make change. It was this hope that inspired our organization of an interdisciplinary, international conference on Dura-Europos at Yale University to coincide with this significant anniversary. The majority of the chapters included in this volume originated as papers delivered at that conference, which shared its name with this volume, and was sponsored by Yale University's ARCHAIA Program for the Study of Global Antiquity"--Page 6.

Includes bibliographical rerefences.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

2-503-61605-4

9782503616056

OCLC:

1579267273