Archaeological Evidence of an Early Islamic Monastery in the Centre of al-Qusur (Failaka Island, Kuwait)

Archaeological Evidence of an Early Islamic Monastery in the Centre of al-Qusur (Failaka Island, Kuwait)Arabian Archaeology and EpigraphySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/28MY8FLI/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.JulieBonnéricArchaeological Evidence of an Early Islamic Monastery in the Centre of al-Qusur (Failaka Island, Kuwait)http://syriaca.org/cbss/28MY8FLIhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/28MY8FLIhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/28MY8FLIArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy32:1202150-61The history of Christianity in the Gulf is still largely unknown since both archaeological and written sources are sparse. Many questions remain about the development and disappearance of Christian communities, as well as their form. A few sites were identified as Christian because of the discovery of churches or crosses. A church was excavated at al-Qusur (Failaka Island, Kuwait) by the French Mission to Kuwait in 1988–1989. Since 2011, a new French–Kuwaiti Archaeological Mission in Failaka (MAFKF) has aimed to better understand the site’s phasing and organisation. The discovery of a large refectory and a small tripartite building that is most probably a monk’s cell, as well as the reinterpretation of a church-like building as a structure perhaps dedicated to the spiritual education of monks has demonstrated that at least the central part was a monastery, making it the second Christian settlement in the Gulf to be proven to be a monastery. Bonnéric, Julie. “Archaeological Evidence of an Early Islamic Monastery in the Centre of Al-Qusur (Failaka Island, Kuwait).” Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 32:1 (2021): 50–61. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12182. Julie Bonnéric, Archaeological Evidence of an Early Islamic Monastery in the Centre of Al-Qusur (Failaka Island, Kuwait), Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 32:1 (2021): 50–61, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12182.NestoriansPersian gulfVII-XVIII CEarchaeologymonasteriesmonasticism