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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.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Dura Europos, Euphrates, Synagogue, Syria
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.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Church, Dura Europos, Euphrates, House-Church, Syria
General views over Dura Europos
These pictures show general views over the remains of the city.
Type: Archaeological Site
Tags: Archaeology, Dura Europos, Euphrates, Roman, Syria
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.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Dura Europos, Euphrates, Gate, Roman, Wall
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.
Type: Landscape
Tags: Archaeology, Euphrates, Halabiyeh, Landscape, Syria, Zalabiyeh, Zenobia
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
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Castle, Citadel, Euphrates, Fortifications, Fortress, Syria, Zalabiyeh
Site visit to Dayr Mar Elian with students in 2010
These pictures were taken on the way to begin excavations at Zalabiyeh in 2010 and show the state of the Syrian excavation, site museum and elements of the new church and cloister to the north as they stood in the last year before the Syrian civil war began.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Architecture, Church, Dayr Mar Elian, Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project, Monastery, Museum, Qaryatayn, Syria, Syrian Civil War
View of Deir Mar Musa from the east
These pictures were taken from the valley below the monastery before a road and small-holding were established there.
Type: Architecture
Tags: An Nabk, Architecture, Deir Mar Musa, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
View of Deir Mar Musa from the north
These pictures were taken from the modern buildings, partially based on caves, where the men of the monastery live and the kitchen for making cheese is located. The view is of the old, central monastery buildings with the church in the foreground.
Type: Architecture
Tags: An Nabk, Architecture, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
View of Deir Mar Musa from the west
This is how visitors approaching from the west first see Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi.
Type: Architecture
Tags: An Nabk, Architecture, Deir Mar Musa, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria