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- 01The Christian house-church at Dura-Europos contains wall paintings dated to around 235 CE — the earliest known Christian pictorial art.
- 02The city's walls were deliberately packed with earth as a ramp during the Sasanian siege, sealing entire buildings intact.
- 03A single city block within those walls held a Christian baptistery, a Jewish synagogue, and a temple to Mithras simultaneously.