The astonishing archeological dig of Dura-Europos has just about anything you could ever want in a preserved ancient city. The old Roman city housed a mithraeum, a synagogue and a early Christian house-church, which can still be seen within the old city ruins. The foundations of buildings can be seen surrounded by remains of defensive walls and towers. The city, however, preserved even more history under the earth. Tower 19 contained a huge surprise for archeologists! Skeletons were found underground from when Roman defenders intercepted a sapping tunnel of the Sassanid army--the army which eventually conquered Dura-Europos in 256 C.E. When the two teams of tunnelers met, an unclear event occured, leaving 20 Romans dead, along with at least one Sassanid (whose skeleton is the photograph above).
Read more about Dura-Europos here at historybuff.com.
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