在阿布扎比发现的古老十字架挑战关于该区域早期基督教存在的观点。 Ancient cross found in Abu Dhabi challenges views on early Christian presence in the region.

阿布扎比的考古学家在Bani Yas岛发现了一个1 400年的十字架, Archaeologists in Abu Dhabi have discovered a 1,400-year-old cross on Sir Bani Yas Island, challenging assumptions about Christianity's spread to the East. 十字架在教堂和修道院附近挖掘出来,表明岛上在7世纪和8世纪存在一个兴旺的基督教社区,这与基督教主要以黎凡特和欧洲为中心并随着伊斯兰教的传播而衰落的信念背道而驰。 The cross, unearthed near a church and monastery, suggests a thriving Christian community existed on the island during the 7th and 8th centuries, contradicting the belief that Christianity was mainly centered in the Levant and Europe and was in decline as Islam spread. 这一发现突出了更为复杂的宗教景观和阿联酋的宗教共存传统。 This discovery highlights a more complex religious landscape and the UAE's heritage of religious coexistence.