Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Old Christian Relics Discovered in Bahrain Mosque
MENAFN ^ | 11/21/22

Posted on 11/22/2022 6:49:35 PM PST by marshmallow

(MENAFN) On an island in Bahrain, archaeologists and historians are at work discovering relics that will show the story of Christian homes in the kingdom before the spread of Islam.

A group of Bahraini and British specialists prudently examine through sandy stretches between thick stone walls of what may have been a monastery or a bishop’s home referring back to the sixth and eighth century.

Archaeologists in November are searching through spaces that would have been used as a kitchen, living areas and a workshop to stress on communities and their way of life before thousands of years.

The team is digging an old Christian home founded under a 300-year-old mosque in a Muslim cemetery on Bahrain’s Muharraq island. The excavation is part of an archaeological scheme that started in 2019.

(Excerpt) Read more at menafn.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; History; Islam
KEYWORDS:

1 posted on 11/22/2022 6:49:35 PM PST by marshmallow
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

No surprise as the Mohammedans have ever and always built mosques atop Christian Churches and Jewish Temples that were built centuries earlier … ‘triumphalism’ and all that.


2 posted on 11/22/2022 8:25:45 PM PST by dodger
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dodger

Parasites to the race.


3 posted on 11/23/2022 3:23:53 AM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson