Phil Thomson

Phil Thomson

Christians of the East: The Untold Story Along the Silk Road

15 December 2020, 1:52 am

This is a half-hour documentary surrounding the work at the Usharal (Ili-Balyk) site put together by Dr. Steve Gilbert:

The Society for the Exploration of Eurasia

23 October 2019, 7:26 am

http://www.exploration-eurasia.com is the website for the Society for the Exploration of Eurasia (SEE) in both English and German.

Writing a Christianized History of the Mongols.

2 April 2019, 8:50 am

The Mongols in Syriac texts in the late 13th and early 14th century
by Mikko Vasko, 2006

Archeological Expertisa

11 March 2019, 10:24 am

Founded in 2006, Archeological Expertisa is the leading company for archaeological research and investigation in Kazakhstan.

Read about the recent excavations in the ancient city of Ili-Balyk.  This article was published in the online journal Vox Populi, by Journalist Vyatoslav Antonov following the excavations in July 2016 near Zharkent in South-East Kazakhstan.

Echoes of a Forgotten Past: Public Presentation - Kazakh

4 October 2018, 6:48 am

Reconstructing the history of the church of the East in Kazakhstan.  A seminar presented by Dr. Mark Dickens at Agape Church in Almaty on the 20th of February 2018, hosted by the Department of Nestorian Studies.  The audio is the Kazakh translation of the seminar.

Echoes of a Forgotten Past: Public Presentation

4 October 2018, 6:46 am

Reconstructing the history of the church of the East in Kazakhstan.  A seminar presented by Dr. Mark Dickens at Agape Church in Almaty on the 20th of February 2018, hosted by the Department of Nestorian Studies.

Echoes of a Forgotten Past - Russian

4 October 2018, 6:40 am

Reconstructing the history of the church of the East in Kazakhstan.  A seminar presented by Dr. Mark Dickens at the Kazakhstan Academy of Science in Almaty on the 23rd of February 2018, hosted by the Department of Nestorian Studies and the Institute of Archaeology.  The Audio is the Russian translation of the seminar.

Echoes of a Forgotten Past

4 October 2018, 6:35 am

Reconstructing the history of the church of the East in Kazakhstan.  A seminar presented by Dr. Mark Dickens at the Kazakhstan Academy of Science in Almaty on the 23rd of February 2018, hosted by the Department of Nestorian Studies and the Institute of Archaeology.

Nestorian Stele

4 October 2018, 5:51 am

This documentary, presented by Martin Palmer, details the Nestorian Stele of the Assyrian Church of the East which was found in China.  The Stele that was found in the 17th Century dates back to the 7th Century.