{"id":538728,"date":"2025-08-26T11:49:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=538728"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:49:36","slug":"christian-cross-abu-dhabi-monastery-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/christian-cross-abu-dhabi-monastery-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologists discover 1,400-year-old Christian cross in Abu Dhabi, confirming ancient monastery site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A team of archaeologists has recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/we-never-had-concrete-proof-archaeologists-discover-christian-cross-in-abu-dhabi-proving-1-400-year-old-site-was-a-monastery\">discovered<\/a> a 30-centimetre-long stucco cross in the United Arab Emirates, dating back at least 1,300 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Christian symbol confirms that a group of houses unearthed decades ago was part of a monastery. The nine small courtyard dwellings were first discovered in 1992 on Sir Bani Yas Island, located 170 kilometres southwest of Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, archaeologists had already uncovered a church and a monastery dating to the 7th\u20138th centuries CE, though it was unclear whether the dwellings were connected to the monastic site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very exciting time for us,\u201d said Maria Gajewska, an archaeologist with the Department of Culture and Tourism \u2014 Abu Dhabi, in a video statement. \u201cWe never had concrete proof [the houses] were inhabited by Christians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The discovery of the plaster cross, she explained, demonstrates that \u201cthese dwellings were part of a Christian settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senior monks probably lived in the houses, secluding themselves and praying, before reconvening at the monastery with their brethren, she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Department of Culture and Tourism \u2013 Abu Dhabi has unveiled its latest archaeological discovery: a stucco cross found in the courtyard of a house belonging to an ancient monastery on Sir Bani Yas Island. The discovery is a reminder of the UAE\u2019s rich history.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AbuDhabiCulture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AbuDhabiCulture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7WSThilhRB\">pic.twitter.com\/7WSThilhRB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abu Dhabi Culture (@AbuDhabiCulture) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbuDhabiCulture\/status\/1957789190772420998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaoffice.abudhabi\/ar\/tourism\/department-of-culture-and-tourism-abu-dhabi-discovers-ancient-cross-in-latest-archaeological-excavation-at-monastery-site-on-sir-bani-yas-island\/\">Department of Culture and Tourism \u2014 Abu Dhabi<\/a>, Sir Bani Yas is just one of several former Christian sites in the region from that period.<\/p>\n<p>Christianity spread across the Arabian Gulf between the 4th and 6th centuries, before the rise of Islam in the early 7th century. Muslims and Christians lived together on Sir Bani Yas until the monastery was abandoned in the 8th century.<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologists plan to continue excavations. The church and monastery site on Sir Bani Yas Island remains open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Department of Culture and Tourism \u2014 Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilicaNews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495171\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of archaeologists has recently discovered a 30-centimetre-long stucco cross in the United Arab Emirates, dating back at least 1,300 years. The Christian symbol confirms that a group of houses unearthed decades ago was part of a monastery. 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