A 1,400 -year -old Christian cross has been found on the island of Abu Dhabi. The cross is about a one -foot -long and seven inches wide and it was molded on the plaster plaster. Cross plaque is complex and in good condition, torn but complete. This is an eight -point cross, with four small eight points crossing, four vs within the circles and in the center where the arms meet with each other. It stands at a step -by -step base that represents the mountain of chlori
These symbolic elements – steps, leaves, nausea, the complexity of the sweeps – the complexity of the sweeps – are the characteristic of the Christian cross in the middle and near the east.
“Often, every element of the plaster cross includes regional image,” Maria Gijaska, an archaeologist, who instructed the team on the island. “The pyramids who step down, representing the Golgutha, are found to be cross -weapons shape; the dots of the heads and all the bay and mesopotamia within a niche are found in regional parallel.”
Archaeologists from the Department of Culture and Tourism discovered the plaster cross in the courtyard of an ancient house. His face was in the soil, and a fingerprint on the back of the plaque caught the eye of archaeologist Higger Al Menhali. The team turned the sticker plaque and was stunned to see a complex cross.
Today, the Sir Bani Yas Island is an open archaeological park along with the Wildlife Reserve Home Oraks, Gazelles and Cheetahs, but in ancient ancient, the home of the early Christian community. A church and a monastery was discovered in the 1990s, which was identified in the 1990s, which was identified by another cross plaque, yet it is much smaller and less wide. A group of nine houses in the courtyard was standing nearby, but it was unclear whether they were affiliated with the monastery. The discovery of this cross confirms that the residence was really affiliated with its neighbor.
It is believed that senior monks can live in isolation in the courtyard buildings and go to the church for large -scale or other services before returning. Another theory is that buildings could serve as an ancient retreat for wealthy Christians to go away from the world. Ms Gajuska said that the black land found on the ground in the buildings could identify the places where the residents had lamps.
This season, a large stone building was built from the island using limestone and coral. Ms Gajuska said the buildings were unusual because they were made very well, which features thick walls to deal with heat and water. This simple hermest is a more comfortable existence than life.
“They could have been a place where senior monks lived permanently while praying in the church, otherwise, where people used to withdraw for a period of loneliness during Christianity,” he said.
The destiny of the community is not known. Christian sects in the region were affected by sectarian and philosophical conflicts, and with the advent of Islam, their death was intensified. The Christian and Islamic communities cooperated in the interim period, and there is no evidence in a catastrophic event or conflict. The buildings were clean and clean, not damaged or undeniable. There was no indication of debris or debris of the slow reduction. It seems that the residents intended to return.
Archaeologists have intended to return to excavation in the courtyard of the courtyard and hopefully answer some questions about the life and death of the community. They will also be included in the visitor trail, which identifies the island’s archaeological locations.
