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My Dura-Europos : the letters of Susan M. Hopkins, 1927-1935
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Details
- Creator
- [contextualized and annotated by] Bernard M. Goldman and Norma W. Goldman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Detroit [Mich.] : Wayne State University Press, ©2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780814335918, 0814335918, 9780814335888, 0814335888
- OCLC
- ocn835767967
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Hopkins, Susan M. (Susan Mary) -- Travel.
- Hopkins, Clark, 1895-1976.
- Hopkins, Susan M. (Susan Mary) -- Correspondence.
- Hopkins, Susan M. (Susan Mary) -- Travel.
Children's Subject Heading
- Hopkins, Clark, 1895-
Children's Subject Heading
- Hopkins, Susan M. (Susan Mary) -- Correspondence.
Children's Subject Heading
- Europe -- Description and travel.
- Middle East -- Description and travel.
- Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
- Chapels -- Syria -- Dura-Europos (Extinct city).
- Synagogues -- Syria -- Dura-Europos (Extinct city).
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Syria -- Dura-Europos (Extinct city).
- Archaeologists' spouses -- Correspondence.