Finding out more

At the time of writing (Nov 2020) Dura is still inaccessible in what is effectively in a war zone.

Podcast

Dura-Europos, the Syrian Pompeii, with Simon James (Nov 2020)

Books and publications

There is a mass of academic literature on Dura. The best introduction for students and general readers is:

Baird, J.A., 2018, Dura-Europos, Bloomsbury, London

For an engaging account of the Yale-French Academy project by one of its field directors, see:

Hopkins, C., 1979, The Discovery of Dura-Europos, Yale University Press, New Haven (out of print, but copies usually available on Abebooks.com)

Museums displaying Dura material

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, holds the Yale-French Academy expedition archive, and has a permanent gallery of material, primarily works of art from the site, including the paintings from the Christian building and Mithraeum: https://artgallery.yale.edu/news/extraordinary-artworks-dura-europos
Musée du Louvre, Paris (some wall paintings and sculptures)
National Museum, Damascus (the synagogue paintings, horse armour) [currently not accessible]

Links

Image: the publications of research at Dura, mostly from the Yale-French Academy expedition. A metre of shelf-space, and still far from complete (Photo Simon James)