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The Dura Europos Synagogue is a building of Jewish worship located in the Hellenistic and Roman city of Dura Europos in the province of Syria (in the extreme south-eastern part of present-day Syria on the Middle Euphrates, 24 kilometers north of the ancient city of Mari). It is one of the most important monuments for the study of Jewish art in Antiquity, witness to synagogue Judaism.
Succeeding the first building from the second half of the second century, the synagogue was rebuilt about 244 - 245 and above with a set of murals figurative single to date for an ancient synagogue. The deliberate but partial destruction of the building during the fortification works of the city in anticipation of a Sassanid attack in 256 resulted in the preservation of a large part of the painted decoration. The destruction of the city at the end of the ensuing siege and the deportation of the population by the Persians ended the occupation of the site, which explains its exceptional state of conservation until the first archaeological excavations. These intervened under the French mandate in Syria between 1921 and 1933 and saw the complete clearing of the remains of the synagogue. The frescoes were deposited at the National Museum of Damascus, where they are one of the main centerpieces.