The 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.

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古苏尔中心（科威特法拉卡岛）一座早期伊斯兰修道院的考古证据

海湾地区的基督教历史在很大程度上仍不为人知，因为考古和书面资料都很稀少。关于基督教社区的发展和消失，以及它们的形式，仍有许多问题。由于发现了教堂或十字架，一些地点被确定为基督教。1988 年至 1989 年，法国驻科威特使团在 al-Qusur（科威特法伊拉卡岛）挖掘了一座教堂。自 2011 年以来，新成立的法科威特法伊拉卡考古代表团 (MAFKF) 旨在更好地了解该遗址的阶段和组织。发现一个大食堂和一个小三方建筑，很可能是僧侣的牢房，