Talk:Dura-Europos

Modifications 090218

I've just been expanding the article, adding amongst other things a chronology table anchored to the right. This has caused any images placed to the right to be pushed down under it and I've been forced to put them on the left of the page, as there doesn't seem to be any alternative besides omitting them. It's not an optimal solution, but functions except for the first image, which still seems out of place. Any better solution would be appreciated. -- spin ^control 12:26, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Just found a way to present the first image on the right of the text, using a table to hold the image to the right, but lefy of the chronology table. -- spin ^control 15:21, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

The chronology table isn't formatted particularly well, but I don't know how to do away with some of the vertical padding to shorten it. -- spin ^control 12:26, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Converted image to floating-image table

8-April-2009: I have converted the top text, which uses an auto-thumbnail image, to use a floating-image table of auto-width. The typical Image-spec parameter "thumb|" (although auto-thumnailing to user-preference width) forces a wide left-margin that squeezes the top text, so the parameter "center|" is added to supress the left-margin padding. The new floating-image table is as follows:

{| style="float:right; margin-left:0.2em;"
|- style="font-size:87%"
| valign="top" |[[Image:DuraEuropos-TempleOfBel.jpg|thumb<!--
  -->|center|The Temple of [[Bel (mythology)|Bel]].]]
|}

That floating-image table floats a typical image-box, but allows adjusting the left-hand margin of the image. -Wikid77 (talk) 22:44, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

resources

Dura-Europos, a Melting Pot at the Intersection of Empires b By John Noble Wilford, published NYT December 19, 2011 "... life for more than 500 years, starting at the outset of the third century B.C. in what is now Syria ..."

97.87.29.188 (talk) 00:56, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Illegal excavations/looting

There's a report that the site is being looted by merchant excavators from nearby countries under the supervision of the FSA according this article. Albeit, it's from what appears to be a pretty pro-government source, it should be looked into more. I found the report at the Syria Comment blog by Joshua Landis. --Al Ameer son (talk) 06:41, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

All too plausible, whatever the source. I imagine hundreds of sites are suffering from this, given the anarchic conditions. Johnbod (talk) 12:40, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

thanks for copyediting

Dhtwiki thanks a lot for a great work on copyediting this article! Artem.G (talk) 17:41, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

@Artem.G: You're welcome. I've left a couple of "clarify" templates that you could address in the midst of my copy edit, where the issues probably need to be resolved by consulting the sources. There's an additional such template that I did not place, but that one didn't specify what needed to be clarified. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:30, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, would check all clarifies. Artem.G (talk) 17:26, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

@Artem.G: There's a recently placed "clarify" template, which I placed, that wonders why "Dura-Europos" is used in a quote from an ancient writer when it's supposed to be a modern term. Otherwise, the three that I mentioned above have been resolved. Dhtwiki (talk) 06:56, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I saw this recent 'clarify', I would rephrase it a bit later. The reason the current name is used in a quote is because it's quoted here from a book, not from original ancient text I have no access to (and no knowledge of ancient languages as well). Artem.G (talk) 08:17, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Dura-Europos and Archaeological Archives

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 1 September 2022 and 23 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Rb0327, Cc3339, Gabrielweiss24 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by KiateKat (talk) 16:07, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

New source for the 'texts' section

FYI. Just recently, a new edition of papyri translations has been published:

Iovine, G. (Ed.). (2023). Latin Military Papyri of Dura-Europos (P.Dura 55–145): A New Edition of the Texts, with Introduction and Notes. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009183123

I presume this new set of primary source documents and secondary source analysis might be of use to anyone wanting to expand this article. Wittylama 21:24, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for this! It should certainly be added to the bibliography right away. Furius (talk) 22:38, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Does it reedit the military calendar? Furius (talk) 22:40, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Gate of the Air

Gate of the Air redirects here, but is not explained in the article. Probably it should either be explained or the redirect deleted. -- Beland (talk) 23:52, 29 January 2024 (UTC)