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

The first use of drone-based lidar in Central Asia revealed details of two newly discovered trade cities in the mountains of ...

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 ...

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

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

On conventional maps of the Silk Road ... have also uncovered coins from across modern-day Uzbekistan, Maksudov says, suggesting the city may have been a hub for trade. It doesn't appear to ...

In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities ...

The discovery suggests that trade routes along the Silk Road were far more complex than previously understood.

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.

Uzbekistan holds a parliamentary election with all participating parties supporting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Due to the lack of opposition, the new parliament will likely remain loyal to ...

Parties loyal to Uzbekistan’s president have swept parliament seats in an election devoid of any real opposition in the ...

Tashkent region police department and Tashkent city police department and the Customs Committee, reflecting the seriousness of the incident. Homicide is rare in Uzbekistan and homicide by gun even ...