Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos
Ruins · Syria
- Abandoned
- 256
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.748, 40.727
Why it was abandoned
☢️ Disaster
Detected automatically from the text: Earthquake of 160 CE at Dura-Europos
History
The Temple of Adonis in Dura-Europos was discovered by a French-American expedition of Yale University led by Michael Rostovtzeff and was excavated between 1931 and 1934.