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Jubail church
near Jubail, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia · Gulf
26.937, 49.657
Attested. The church is attested. Its date is disputed: first given as 4th century, now more often mid-7th century.
A small church with a walled courtyard, three eastern rooms and two crosses carved beside the inner doorway was found by picnickers near Jubail in 1986 and excavated in 1987. It belonged to the Church of the East. Three bronze crosses were also found at nearby Jabal Berri. The excavation has not been fully published.
Source stance: neutral. Archaeology.
People and groups named here
- Saudi Department of Antiquities (excavation 1987)
- John Langfeldt (1994 publication)
Related places
Sources
- Jubail Church (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
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