My Dura-Europos : the letters of Susan M. Hopkins, 1927-1935 /

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Main Author: Hopkins, Susan M. (Author)

Other Authors: Goldman, Bernard, 1922-, Goldman, Norma, 1922-

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Detroit [Mich.] : Wayne State University Press, c2011.

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Call Number: DS99 .D8 H67 2011

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245 1 0 |a My Dura-Europos :  |b the letters of Susan M. Hopkins, 1927-1935 /   |c [Contextualized and annotated by] Bernard M. Goldman and Norma W. Goldman. 
264 1 |a Detroit [Mich.] :   |b Wayne State University Press,   |c c2011. 
300 |a xiv, 310 pages, [12] of plates :  |b illustrations (some color), maps ;  |c 26 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: Historical overview and the role of Susan M. Hopkins in the Dura campaigns -- Archaeology, war, and Syria -- Dura-Europos : discovery and recovery -- "Where the journey began" : the summer school at the American Academy in Rome -- The American School of Classical Studies at Athens : excavation experience at Olynthus -- Summer tour in Europe : with the Pillets in Paris -- The road to Beirut via Aleppo -- Maurice Pillet and his American crew -- Beirut to Dura : the journey to the site -- Letters from Dura-Europos : the first joint Yale University and French Academy excavation -- Trip to Baghdad -- Back at Dura : preparations to return to the USA -- Return via Deir ez-Zor, Palmyra, Aleppo, Beirut, Palestine, Jordan -- Traveling back to Greece via Cyprus and Rhodes -- Pillet and after -- The sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons, 1932-35 -- The Dura-Europos synagogue and its paintings -- The return trip of Mary Sue Hopkins Coates to Damascus and to Dura-Europos -- Addendum A: The seasons at Dura-Europos -- Addendum B: The chronology of Dura-Europos -- Addendum C: Those intrepid ladies -- Glossary. 
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650 0 |a Excavations (Archaeology)  |z Syria  |z Dura Europos (Extinct city) 
650 0 |a Synagogues  |z Syria  |z Dura-Europos (Extinct city) 
651 0 |a Middle East  |x Description and travel. 
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