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Dura Europos Mithraeum

The Mithraeum at Dura Europos was identified by the same manner as the synagogue and house-church; it also had a number of frescoes as well as two stone panels in the central cult niche both depicting the central scene of the Tauroctony. The majority of the frescoes from the Mithraeum are now held by Yale University.

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Dura Europos Synagogue

The synagogue at Dura Europos is the only painted synagogue yet discovered. The frescoes depict stories from the Life of Moses, the Vision of Ezekiel of the Valley of the Dry Bones, the Sacrifice of Isaac and other Jewish imagery. The roof tiles also featured some figural motifs amongst a whole range of varied imagery. The frescoes are now housed in the National Museum in Damascus and only the footprint of the site remains in Dura.

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Dura Europos House-Church

This is the earliest securely-dated house-church in the world as we know that it was active before the site was abandoned in 256. The frescoes from the building are now the property of Yale University and only the walls and outline of the building remain at Dura today.

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General views over Dura Europos

These pictures show general views over the remains of the city.

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View of the city walls and main gate of Dura Europos

These images show the walls as the city is approached and the main gate of Dura Europos.

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Views of Halabiyeh upstream from Zalabiyeh

These views of the remains of Halabiyeh were taken downstream of the site, standing on the ruins of Zalabiyeh.

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Views of the first day on site

These pictures were taken by a student on the first morning of excavations at Zalabiyeh as the trenches were marked out and work began.

Type: Archaeological Excavation
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General views of Zalabiyeh and the surrounding landscape

These images were taken on a first survey visit to the site on 9th April 2010 and show the extent of the extant remains, evidence of looting and views over the river in the direction of Halabiyeh.

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Fortifications, Zalabiyeh

The fortification of Zalabiyeh is recorded by Procopius who attributes the building of the defences to Justinian's reign. As with much of Procopius' testimony this claim must not be accepted out of hand. The remains of the defences show evidence of at least two major phases of building. The oldest phase is composed of ashlar faced walls with a rubble and concrete core, the later phase is made up of ashlars throughout. The later phase appears to have been only present in some of the towers and is certainly part of a renovation of the defences where some of the older towers needing replacing. These two different wall building techniques are mirrored across the river at the fortifications of Halabiyeh, Zalabiyeh's sister site. I have proposed that the site was not originally fortified by Justinian but was rather repaired during his reign and had older origins, potentially during the reign of Anastasius.

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Resafa Cisterns

Located in the Syrian desert approximately 25 kilometres south of the River Euphrates, Resafa depended on capturing seasonal rainwater and irrigation systems for its water. This water was then stored in large cisterns until needed.

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