Resources
Unknown Kazakhstan №6 - Zharkent
A documentary for the Kazakh TV program, Unknown Kazakhstan, looking at the area of Zharkent, including a focus on the Nestorian Christian archaeological finds at Ili-Balyk.
Archeological Expertisa
Founded in 2006, Archeological Expertisa is the leading company for archaeological research and investigation in Kazakhstan.
During the reign of Patriarch Timothy I (780–823), the Church of the East continued to expand into Asia. Metropolitans were consecrated for various places to the east of the Patriarchal see in Baghdad. One of these was the enigmatic Metropolitan of the Turks, about whose location scholars have disagreed for decades.
Echoes of a Forgotten Past: Public Presentation
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 Society for the Exploration of Eurasia
http://www.exploration-eurasia.com is the website for the Society for the Exploration of Eurasia (SEE) in both English and German.
This is a half-hour documentary surrounding the work at the Usharal (Ili-Balyk) site put together by Dr. Steve Gilbert:
Echoes of a Forgotten Past - Russian
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.
The Mongols in Syriac texts in the late 13th and early 14th century
by Mikko Vasko, 2006
Nestorian Christianity in Central Asia
This is a modified version of the original article by Mark Dickens, Independent Scholar and Educational Consultant, Canada and Uzbekistan