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Posted on 08/29/2025 8:58:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced that archaeologists unearthed a rare 1,600-year-old stucco plaque featuring a Christian cross on the island of Sir Bani Yas near Abu Dhabi. The discovery was made during the first major excavation campaign at the site in over three decades, after a Christian monastery was first identified on the island in 1992. Current archaeological work at the complex is focused on a group of courtyard houses where the monks resided. The 10.5-by-6.5-inch plaque was likely used by monks for spiritual contemplation. The object features what appears to be an image of a small stepped pyramid that may represent Golgotha, the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified. The style of the cross resembles similar finds from Iraq and Kuwait, and is linked to the Church of the East, which has its origins in what is now Iraq. Christianity spread across the Arabian Peninsula from the fourth through sixth centuries. The Sir Bani Yas monastery was part of a group of churches and monastic complexes built during this period, but it was quietly abandoned around the eighth century. "The discovery of this ancient Christian cross on Sir Bani Yas Island is a powerful testament to the UAE's profound and enduring values of coexistence and cultural openness," said DCT Abu Dhabi chairman Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak. To read about a discovery on another island west of Abu Dhabi, go to "Around the World: United Arab Emirates."
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It’s amazing they announce this and they didn’t destroy it.
That’s a good job of stone knapping, it being in four pieces and all.
Looks a lot like Utah’s congressional map.
Isn’t it unusual to find such ornate decorative elements (the border, the petals, etc.) on a cross from the 4th century? I thought crosses from this time period, only shortly after Christianity was legalized across the Roman Empire, tend to be simple, unadorned objects.
If by “quietly abandoned” you mean “massacred by muzzies”?
The area that’s now the UAE would have been over the border; Trajan conquered Mesopotamia, figuratively washing his sword in the Persian Gulf. But that was near the end of his life and his adopted son, Hadrian, didn’t want to spend all his time fighting on the frontiers, to give him more time to spend with his catamites, and Roman rule was ended by Hadrian after just a few years. The ruler of China sent ships with an ambassador and trade delegation to the Romans, only to find they weren’t there any longer. What might have been...
There were Christians and Jews pretty much throughout the middle east before the “rise of Islam”
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