The Dura Europos frescoes have been called “the most exciting and revolutionary discovery of early Jewish Art”. They derive from one of the oldest synagogues in the world.

Dura-Europos – originally, Europos – owed its creation to war. It was founded as a militarized trading colony by the Selucid general Nikanor around 300 B.C.E. and was laid out as a Greek city ...

Murals depicting scenes from the Old Testament found in a Jewish Synagogue in Dura-Europos dating from 244 A.D., will go on public exhibition tomorrow in the Yale Gallery of Fine Arts.

In 1932, the nearly intact ruins of a synagogue were excavated in Dura-Europos, a former garrison and trading center on the Euphrates river in eastern Syria. The shul’s construction was traced ...

In the earliest synagogues, ... Jewish School, (2nd century) / Dura-Europos Synagogue, National Museum of Damascus, Syria ( Zev Radovan - The Bridgeman Art Library ) ...

Dura-Europos Church is known as the first house church in the world. The church was originally constructed in modern-day Syria, but is now in ruins. The city was excavated in the 1920s and 1930s.

What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is from: Dura-Europos, Syria When it was made: Second century A.D. Related: Babylonian tablet preserves student's ...

Name: Painted Roman scutum (long shield) What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle Where it is from: Dura-Europos, Syria When it was made: Second century A.D ...