Syria, Dura-Europos (Tell Salihiye). Ancient city, Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman. It was founded circa 300 BC and abandoned in 256-257 AD. View of the ruins next to the Euphrates river. Historical photo. It was looted and mostly destroyed between 2011 and 2014 by the Islamic State during the Syrian Civil War.

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