Technology enables scientists to measure and discover things that would be impossible to find without it, like these lost ...

Using drone-based lidar, researchers mapped two medieval cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, in Uzbekistan, revealing detailed urban structures significant to the Silk Road's history. The first use of d ...

Samarkand, Uzbekistan - Recen Samarkand, an ancient city in Uzbekistan with a history spanning thousands of years, is ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern ...

The cities were found in a mountainous region – it’s unusual for settlements of this time to be at such high altitudes ...

Uzbekistan’s legacy as a melting pot for ideas, creativity and craftsmanship is being revived with a series of ambitious ...

A city larger than many in Europe at the time was perched in the mountains.

In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route from the 6th to ...

open image in gallery A 2018 drone photograph of a part of the newly discovered medieval Silk Road city Tugunbulak, located in the mountains of southeastern Uzbekistan (via REUTERS) Tugunbulak ...

Two cities lost for centuries have been uncovered by archaeologists in Uzbekistan along the Silk Road in a discovery that could shift the perspective on what we know about the ancient trading route.