Resources
Echoes of a Forgotten Past
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 Mongols in Syriac texts in the late 13th and early 14th century
by Mikko Vasko, 2006
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
The Syriac Bible in Central Asia
This article is based on a talk given at the fifth "Christianity in Iraq" conference (April 5, 2008) by Mark Dickens - School of Oriental and African Studies.