 The relevance of Kish church comes from J. Bjørnar Storfjell's archaeological excavation (also run by NHE and paid for by the help of Norwegian Government), which led Heyerdahl to make a short visit to the Kish church.The result was the appointment of Storfjell as chief archaeologist of a YUKOS-sponsored excavation to the Sea of Azov in 2001 to find evidence to back up Heyerdahl's Odin theory.Photographs of artefacts found during the Azov excavation appeared in Heyerdahl's 2001 book "Jakten på Odin.