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Three Archaeological Expeditions Three Archaeological Expeditions
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A Hazardous Archaeological Discovery A Hazardous Archaeological Discovery
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A Half-Millennium History A Half-Millennium History
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Hellenistic Eurôpos Hellenistic Eurôpos
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Parthian Prosperity Parthian Prosperity
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A Roman Stronghold in an Oriental Town A Roman Stronghold in an Oriental Town
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Art Art
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The Sassanian Conquest The Sassanian Conquest
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Epilogue Epilogue
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The Name of the Site The Name of the Site
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Bibliography Bibliography
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31 Europos-Dura (ca. 300 bc–ad 256)
Get accessPierre Leriche was born in 1940. Now Emeritus Directeur de Recherche in CNRS, Laboratory Archaeology of the Near East Nanterre. Agrégé in history and geography in 1968, Leriche was lecturer of Greek history at the University of Caen for five years. Interested by the meeting and mixing of civilizations, he spent four years in the Institut Français d’Archéologie in Beirut, then was recruited in 1978 as scientific member of CNRS in Laboratory of Archaeology in Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris. In 1984, he became State Doctor in Greek History and in 1986, Directeur de Recherche in CNRS. Applying Wheeler’s method of archaeology, he participated in excavations on classical sites in the Orient: Aï Khanum (Afghanistan), Ibn Hani and Apamea (Syria), and others. He then created and led the “French-Syrian Archaeological Expedition in Europos-Dura” (MFSED, 1983–2011), the French Uzbek Archaeological Expedition in Northern Bactria (MAFUZBactria, 1993–2016), and other smaller excavations in the Near East.
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Published:22 April 2025
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Abstract
The remains of the Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman city of Europos-Dura lay behind a powerful rampart in the Syrian steppe, along the Euphrates River, between Deir ez Zor and the Iraqi frontier. Discovered a century ago and dug intensively by three successive archaeological expeditions, this ancient town delivered an extraordinary mass of scientific information about the classical Near East, from the Seleucid period to the Sassanid Empire. Inside the frame of powerful stone and mud-brick fortifications, three palaces, nineteen religious buildings, including a famous synagogue and one of the first Christian buildings, four baths, numerous private houses, and, outside the ramparts, a large necropolis have been excavated. Unfortunately, since May 2011, the site has been totally looted. But a large amount of scientific documentation (archives and publications) remains in the United States, France, and Syria.
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