At the beginning of the XX century in the villabe of Il-Umta'iyeh were remains seven churches,
Sources:
- Frank M. Trombley, Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370-529, Volume II, Brill 1995,p.320-321
- Howard Crosby Butler: Early Churches in Syria. Fourth to Seventh Centuries. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1929, p. 42
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