Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic; Parthian and Roman border city built on an escarpment above the right bank of the Euphrates river. It is located near the village of Salhiye; in eastern Syria.

Dura-Europos is extremely important for archaeological reasons. As it was abandoned after its conquest in 256-7; nothing was built over it and no later building programs obscured the architectonic features of the ancient city. Its location on the edge of empires made for a co-mingling of cultural traditions; much of which was preserved under the city's ruins. Pictures From History