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Read Vasiliev's Russian article "Itil'-mechta (Na raskopkax drevnego tsentra Xazarskogo kaganata)" in Lekhaim, 10 (174), October 2006.
Also take a look at Valerii Zhuravliev's Russian article "Sensatsiya nashix dney: A vdrug eto legendarnii Itil'?" from the September 20, 2005 issue of Parlamentskaya gazeta, and a report released by the Regnum News Agency on August 12, 2005.
David Keys wrote an article about the Atil digs in BBC History Magazine's May 2008 issue which says they've found, among other things, turquoise-glazed ceramics from Persia, stone cauldrons from Uzbekistan, amber beads from the Baltic region, a dragon-adorned belt end from China, and a copper crucifix.
Further details:
Swedish article: "Återfunnen
judisk huvudstad grävs ut" by Carl-Johan Bilkenroth and Bengt
Jonsson
(Svenska Dagbladet, May 18, 2008)
English article: "Russian
archaeologists find long-lost Jewish capital" by Agence France-Presse
(September 3, 2008)
English article: "Found:
Ancient Capital of 'Jewish' Khazar Kingdom" by Ze'ev Ben-Yechiel
(Arutz Sheva, September 4, 2008)
English article: "Scholar
claims to find medieval Jewish capital" by Mansur Mirovalev
(Associated
Press, September 20, 2008) (illustrated)
English article: "Jewish
city feared by Stalin is rediscovered" by Ben Leach (The Telegraph,
September 24, 2008) (illustrated)
Russian article: "V
astraxanskom gorodishche priznali stolitsu Xazarskogo kaganata"
(Lenta.ru, September 2, 2008) (illustrated)
Russian article: "Propavshaya krepost'
Itil'" by Yuliya Shtutina (Lenta.ru, September 2, 2008)
(illustrated)
Russian article: "Arxeologi
zayavlyayut, chto obnaruzhili stolitsu Xazarskogo kaganata" (RIA
Novosti, September 2, 2008) (illustrated)
Russian article: "Otkrytie Itilya
sravnimo s otkrytiem Novgoroda - initsiator raskopok" (RIA Novosti,
September 3, 2008) (illustrated)
Russian article: "Arxeologi nashli
stolitsu Xazarskogo kaganata" (Point.ru, September 2, 2008, based on
RIA Novosti's September 2, 2008 report) (illustrated)
Russian article: "Arxeologi
nashli v Astraxanskoy oblasty stolitsu Xazarskogo kaganata" (Vesti -
Severnii Kavkaz, September 2, 2008, RIA Novosti's September 2,
2008 report, but with a different illustration)
Russian article: "Xazaram
otkopali stolitsu" by Artyom Tuntsov (Gazeta.ru, September 2, 2008)
(illustrated)
Chinese article: "E
kaoguxuejia chen faxian zhongshiji youtairen shoudu" by Mansur
Mirovalev (New San Cai, September 21, 2008) (illustrated)