This wall painting, depicting the Healing of the Paralytic, is the earliest known representation of Jesus, dating from about 235 AD. The painting was found in 1921 on the left-hand wall of the baptismal chamber of the house-church at Dura-Europos on the Euphrates River in modern Syria.
http://www.religionfacts.com/jesus/image_gallery/230_dura_europos.htm
Detail View of Torah Shrine from Synagogue, Dura Europos, Syria fresco, ca.250 CE Damascus, National Museum
Crossing of the Red Sea. From Synogogue, Dura Europos, Syria fresco, ca.250 CE Damascus, National Museum
source: http://www.oberlin.edu/images/Art310/Art310b.html
Byzantine cathedral converted to a mosque.
source: http://www.2canadiansonbikes.com/Photo%20Syria.html
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