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Dura Europos
Dura-Europos, Al-Salihiya was a Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman border city built on an escarpment above the right bank of the Euphrates river. It is located in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. The city was founded in 303 BC with the name Dura by the Seleucids on the intersection of an east-west trade route and the trade route along the Euphrates.
The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Dura Europos.by Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commonsby Heretiq (assumed), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commonsby Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 222 m
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UNESCO Tentative List
Date of Submission
1999
4th Century BC
Hellenistic
Hellenistic + Parthian + Roman
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