D(o)ura/Europos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rajas Pradhan, Jeffrey Becker, Faith Lubeck, Kali Kocian, Richard Talbert, Rune Rattenborg, R. Talbert, Anne Chen, Carolin Johansson, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Jeffery Mayfield
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An ancient settlement on the Euphrates river in modern Syria.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893990
34.7478848156, 40.7298542823
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Dura-Europos (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Dūrā Awrubūs (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Δοῦρα (Doura: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Dura (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Dura-Europos (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Dura-Europus (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- دورا أوربوس (Dūrā Awrubūs: Arabic, modern)
- Εὐρωπός (Europos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Europos-Doura (French, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Europus (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- D(o)ura/Europos located on Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- 10th Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- 2nd Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- 3rd Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- 4th Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- 5th Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- 6th Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- 7th Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- 8th Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- 9th Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- A Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Agora of Dura-Europos located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Amphitheater of Dura-Europos located at D(o)ura/Europos (AD 200 - AD 299)
- Arch at F Street and 10th Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- B Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- B Street Gate in Camp Wall located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Barracks of K5-A located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Bath C3 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Bath E3 Phase 1 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Bath E3 Phase 2 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Bath F3 located at D(o)ura/Europos (AD 100 - AD 199)
- Bath M7 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block A1 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block A2 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block A3 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block A4 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block A5 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block A6 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block A7 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block A8 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block B1 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block B2 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block B3 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block B4 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block B5 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block B6 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block B7 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block B8 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C1 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C10 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C11 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C2 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C3 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C4 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C5 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C6 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C7 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C8 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block C9 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block D1 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
- Block D10 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
- See Further:
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- ArtStor: Dura Europos
- BAtlas 91 B3 Dura/Europus
- BMCR 2020.03.52
- BMCR 2020.04.52
- Baird 2011
- Baird 2018
- Baird 2026
- Brody 2025
- Brody [2012]
- Dirven 1999
- Dura-Europos, 'Pompeii of the Syrian Desert' (James)
- EncIran (online) DURA EUROPOS
- Hopkins 1947
- Iovine 2023
- James 2019a
- Kuhn 2023
- New Pauly Dura-Europus (Thomas Leisten)
- OEANE Dura-Europos
- PECS (Perseus) DURA EUROPOS Syria
- RE Dura 2 (Maximilian Streck)
- Rebuffat 1986
- Rostovtzeff 1943
- Silver 2010
- ToposText Dura-Europos (Syria)
- Welles et al. 1959
- Wikipedia (English) Dura-Europos
- Related:
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- Arachne 8006768: Dura Europos Nahiyat ʿAshara
- DARMC 22390
- GeoNames 172481: Qal‘at aş Şāliḩīyah
- MANTO 11315521: Dura-Europos (Syria)
- SyrGaz 77: Dura-Europos
- TGN 7002270: Qal‘at aş Şāliḩīyah
- TM Geo ID 604: Doura (Dura-Europos)
- Wikidata Dura-Europos (Q464266)
- Wikidata WikiProject YDEA: Yale Digital Dura Europos Archive
- iDAI.gazetteer 2296401: Dura Europos
- vici.org 18095: Doura
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 B3 Dura/Europus
The Ancient World Image Bank (a publication of NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World) provides an open-access collection of images from Doura.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Salihiya SYR
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rajas Pradhan, Jeffrey Becker, Faith Lubeck, Kali Kocian, Richard Talbert, Rune Rattenborg, R. Talbert, Anne Chen, Carolin Johansson, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Jeffery Mayfield, 'D(o)ura/Europos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893990> [accessed: 16 July 2026]
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