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 Abstract as published on Vox Populi: The Lost Ancient City of Ili-Balyk. Mysterious stone gravestones with Christian crosses. The first medieval cemetery of Nestorian Christians in Kazakhstan. Our journalists visited the excavations in the Zharkent area, which can reveal the forgotten pages of our history to the whole world.
http://www.voxpopuli.kz/history/hristiane-velikoy-stepi-kak-otkryvayut-poteryannuyu-istoriyu-kazahstana-13825.html