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 ...

According to an investigation by RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service, one of the men arrested in Uzbekistan last month was also imprisoned ...

A 51-year-old local resident has been sentenced to five years in prison in Uzbekistan for mercenary service in the Russian ...

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

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

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Lost for centuries, two cities lay buried, nearly 5 kilometers (3 miles) apart, underneath grassy pastures in the mountains of Uzbekistan. Now, archaeologists for the first time have ...

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

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