Church of the East monastery on Sir Bani Yas — Wikipedia

The Church of the East monastery on Sir Bani Yas is an archaeological site in the United Arab Emirates discovered in 1992. The site is significant as evidence of the presence of pre-Islamic Arabian Christianity in the UAE and belonged to the historical region of Beth Qatraye. Believed to be Nestorian, the Christian community continued for at least a century after the arrival of Islam. The monastery was found through the investigative work of the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, or ADIAS, which documented sites and potential sites of archaeological significance across the Emirate of...