Dura Europos

The International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens 2010

edited by Domenico Luciani and Patrizia Boschiero
Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche

Treviso 2010
144 pp., 88 illustrations in colour and 54 black and white

(series Memorie/dossier).

Available on request from the Foundation

Contents
The International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens 1990-2010, 4
Regulations and Jury, 5
Dura Europos. Jury Report, 7
(in English, Arabic, Italian and French)
Pierre Leriche, Europos Dura on the Euphrates, 28
Syria. The geographical nature of the region, 45
Syria today, 48
Syria. A brief historical chronology, 50
Dura Europos. Chronology, 56
Bernard Geyer, Dura Europos: the site, the environment, the river, 59
The seasons of Dura Europos, 73
Franz Cumont, The excavations of Dura Europos, 1922-1923, 75
Clark Hopkins, The excavations of the synagogue paintings, 80
Ségolène de Pontbriand, The legacy of research at Europos Dura. A shared wealth, 82
Susan B. Matheson, Dura Europos at Yale, 89
The “shield” of Dura Europos, by Massimo Rossi, 93
Corinne Bonnet, Franz Cumont, Mikhail Rostovtzeff and Dura Europos, 94
Ted Kaizer, Temples and cults at Dura Europos, 97
Lucinda Dirven, Notes about religious interaction at Dura Europos, 101
Joseph Gutmann, The Dura Europos synagogue: a re-valuation, 103
André Grabar, Christian painting and sculpture before the Edict of Milan, 112
Arne Effenberger, The domus ecclesiae and the synagogue, 119
Peter Brown, Christianity and Empire, 123
Bibliography consulted, 127
Syria-Italy cultural heritage cooperation projects in the fields of archaeology and museography, 135
References for the illustrations, 136
International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens 2010 public events, 140