Scientists Document Lost Mountain Cities on Silk Road in Uzbekistan By Will Dunham (Reuters) - In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have ...

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 ...

On the Silk Road, these lost twin cities may have sustained themselves in a foreboding landscape with metallurgy and commerce. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Two medieval cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan were bustling centers of Silk Road trade between China, Arabia and Europe. Researchers have now mapped the cities using drone-borne LiDAR.

The settlements, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, are among the largest ever documented in the mountainous parts of the Silk Road, playing a strategic role in trade and iron production.

New detection technologies have helped a team of American and Uzbekistani researchers map a pair of cities that were once part of the ancient Silk Road trade route across Asia. Aerial light ...

TASHKENT -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 ...

The Silk Road was not just one, but many trade routes through Central Asia, as shown on this large wall map adorning a restaurant near Qongirot, Uzbekistan. Photograph by John Stanmeyer, Nat Geo ...

Lost Silk Road cities rediscovered by scientists in mountains of Uzbekistan. The cities were found in a mountainous region – it’s unusual for settlements of this time to be at such high altitudes ...