[SunkenCiv]

Christian Plaque

DCT Abu Dhabi

[montag813]

Make Abu Dhabi Christian Again

[nickcarraway]

It’s amazing they announce this and they didn’t destroy it.

[ComputerGuy]

That’s a good job of stone knapping, it being in four pieces and all.

[Rad_J]

Looks a lot like Utah’s congressional map.

[nwrep]

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.

[rhinohunter]

but it was quietly abandoned around the eighth century

If by “quietly abandoned” you mean “massacred by muzzies”?

[faithhopecharity]

There were Christians and Jews pretty much throughout the middle east before the “rise of Islam”