Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:The origin of houses discovered in the 1990s on an island near Abu Dhabi remained a mystery, until a recent discovery. Archaeologists uncovered a plaster cross from 1,400 years ago in a courtyard. Experts said the cross’ location prove the cluster of houses were once connected to the local monastery. The 1992 discovery of nine small houses on an island near Abu Dhabi has finally been complete. Archaeologists recently uncovered a plaster cross dated to 1,400 years ago, and the distinctly Christian symbol links the cluster of houses to a nearby monastery.