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Article: Capital of ancient Jewish kingdom found in Volga River delta, archaeologist s
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- The Jerusalem Report
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- April 30, 2007
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A series of publications appearing recently in Russian journals
say that after dozens of years of searches, young archaeologists are
claiming to have discovered the location of the legendary capital of
the Khazar empire, Atil.
Reports on what could turn out to be a major breakthrough in the
long pursuit of the remains of that Jewish kingdom were published by
Regnum News Agency, the newspaper Parlamentskaya Gazeta and quoted
later by Kevin Brook's khazaria.com website.
The Kagan, the Khazar supreme ruler, and many in the aristocracy
converted in the 8th century, according to medieval Jewish, Muslim
and Christian sources and kept their Judaism until the fall of the
empire in the second half of ...