My Dura-Europos
Subtitle: the letters of Susan M. Hopkins, 1927-1935
By: [contextualized and annotated by] Bernard M. Goldman and Norma W. Goldman
Contributors: Goldman, Bernard, 1922-; Goldman, Norma, 1922-
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit [Mich.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780814335888
Subjects: Correspondence; Description and travel; Archaeologists' spouses; Synagogues; Travel; Excavations (Archaeology); Chapels
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Historical overview and the role of Susan M. Hopkins in the Dura campaigns; title: Archaeology, war, and Syria; title: Dura-Europos : discovery and recovery; title: "Where the journey began" : the summer school at the American Academy in Rome; title: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens : excavation experience at Olynthus; title: Summer tour in Europe : with the Pillets in Paris; title: The road to Beirut via Aleppo; title: Maurice Pillet and his American crew; title: Beirut to Dura : the journey to the site; title: Letters from Dura-Europos : the first joint Yale University and French Academy excavation; title: Trip to Baghdad; title: Back at Dura : preparations to return to the USA; title: Return via Deir ez-Zor, Palmyra, Aleppo, Beirut, Palestine, Jordan; title: Traveling back to Greece via Cyprus and Rhodes; title: Pillet and after; title: The sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons, 1932-35; title: The Dura-Europos synagogue and its paintings; title: The return trip of Mary Sue Hopkins Coates to Damascus and to Dura-Europos; title: Addendum A: The seasons at Dura-Europos; title: Addendum B: The chronology of Dura-Europos; title: Addendum C: Those intrepid ladies; title: Glossary.