Tugunbulak could have housed as many as 5,000 residents with the only source of food being pastured animals or what could be ...

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

an-overland trade route said to stretch ever since antiquity all the way across Asia from China to Turkey and hence to Mediterranean Europe. The show at the British Library is entitled A Silk Road ...

Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis atop mountains, providing new insights into life along the ancient trade route. “This changes everything we thought we knew.” ...

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 ...

Drones with lasers revealed hidden urban centers that may have aided trade and travel through mountainous regions during medieval times.

The discovery suggests that trade routes along the Silk Road were far more complex than ... He and his team would spend nearly a decade trying to map out the site, as well as the one he’d ...

A survey has identified a "major" urban area in a mountainous area of Uzbekistan at an altitude of more than 6,000 feet.

LiDAR maps created ... The Silk Road is credited with bringing advanced technologies like gunpowder, paper, and silk from China to the Middle East and Europe. The trade routes also acted as ...