📜 Nearly 1,400-year-old monastery carved from rocks near Alqosh, Iraq.
🔍 Important site for Chaldean Christian Church, founded in 640 AD.
⛰️ Explore an ancient rock-carved monastery
⛪ Visit a holy site with rich Chaldean Christian history
📖 Discover a former patriarchal residence and library
🚶 Experience a unique historical and religious landmark
⚠️ Region experienced political upheaval, future uncertain
⚔️ Historically exposed to attacks, looted, and damaged
🥶 Cells have no protection from weather, can be chilly
👟 Wear appropriate footwear for rocky paths.
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