1.   Inside, the nave and choir are also lofty, the brick walls and ribbed vaults whitewashed with painted decoration on the vaulting.

2.   Mosaic, marble slabs, stucco and painted decoration covered a large area of the walls, ceiling and floor of each house.

3.   But its yard is filled with brightly painted decorations as well as everyday household stuff, mud and what looks like rubbish.

4.   Modeled in earthenware and bearing traces of painted decoration, each is in the form of a heavenly king trampling a frightening demon or devil underfoot.

5.   Other pieces were stripped to the bare wood by Victorian collectors who had no appreciation for painted decoration.

6.   A number of pot fragments were found, some with painted decorations, as well as grinding stones for tools, the English-language Emirates News said.