അടക്കം for centuries, a church and monastery discovered in the early 1990 ന് സാർ എന്ന Yas Island illuminate the evidence of early Christianity in the region. Open to the public, this is the UAE ' s only അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന പുരാതന ക്രിസ്തീയ site.
ഒരു സഭ, ഒരു monastery and a series of courtyard വീടുകൾ, ഡേറ്റിങ്ങ് to the 7th and 8th centuries CE, were discovered at the site. The church was identified by the presence of കുമ്മായം കുരിശുകൾ and its plan, which രൂപപ്പെടണം പുരാതന ഗോവയിലെ known from elsewhere in the Arabian Gulf. നൂറുകണക്കിന് artefacts found at the site reveal that the people there used the sea for food and also kept കന്നുകാലി, ആടു. ഗ്ലാസ് സെറാമിക് വസ്തുക്കൾ indicate that the inhabitants of the സെറ്റിൽമെന്റ് ട്രേഡ് widely across the Arabian Gulf and into the Indian Ocean. ഇപ്പോൾ, almost two decades since its discovery, and more than a thousand years since it was built, the public can visit the site and experience another piece of the rich പടങ്ങളും that makes up the UAE ' s fascinating history.
