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  • Reflections on the Dura Europos Synagogue Paintings: From the Syrian Desert to the Israel Heritage Room

    Cathedral of Learning, 332 Fifth Ave at Bigelow, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

    In 244/45 CE, a small Jewish community in Dura Europos, located at the edges of the Roman and Sasanian empires, commissioned a stunning series of biblically-themed wall paintings to adorn the walls of their synagogue. Following the Sasanian sack of Dura, the synagogue was abandoned and forgotten, until its rediscovery by archaeologists in the 1930s […]

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