 Thought to be Nestorian and built in 600 AD, the church appears to have been abandoned peacefully in 750 AD.It forms a rare physical link to a legacy of Christianity which is thought to have spread across the peninsula from 50 to 350 AD following trade routes.Certainly, by the 5th century, Oman had a bishop named John – the last bishop of Oman being Etienne, in 676 AD.