Dura-Europos

The ancient Roman domestic cult is often overlooked and marginalized in favor of state sponsored practices, monuments, and temples; yet it can give us insights into daily life, cultural interactions, and personal identity in the Empire. In my dissertation, I recreate a selection…

Discovered during the 1932 excavations of the city, the Synagogue in Dura-Europos revealed an assembly room whose walls contained narrative paintings inspired by biblical and extra-biblical Jewish literature. Found in a nearly complete state is the sacred Jerusalem-facing west w…