Samosdelka

Samosdelka

Samosdelka ( _ru. Самосделка) is a village in southern Russia (about 40 km south-south-west of the city of Astrakhan) near which archaeologists reported in September 2008 that they had found the remains of Atil, the capital of the medieval Khazar kingdom.

The team of archaeologists, led by Dmitry Vasilyev of Astrakhan State University, had been excavating for nine years. According to Vasilyev, they found the remains of an ancient brick fortress, which contained characterisric Khazar yurts. "This is a hugely important discovery ... We can now shed light on one of the most intriguing mysteries of that period – how the Khazars actually lived. We know very little about the Khazars – about their traditions, their funerary rites, their culture."

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* [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3591990,00.html Russian archaeologists find long-lost Jewish capital] (Yediot Ahronot)
* [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_re_eu/russia_lost_capital Scholar claims to find medieval Jewish capital ] Yahoo!


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