The mud-brick ruins of a church in the desert near Ain al-Tamr, from about the 5th century AD, among the oldest known churches in Iraq and the region.
It belonged to the Church of the East, with remains of graves and buildings around it.
Photos: Hekmat Al-Ayashi · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Al-Aqiser Church
كنيسة الأقيصر
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