Archaeologists have mapped two lost Silk Road cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan that were inexplicably abandoned hundreds ...

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.” ...

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

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...

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 ...

This thrilling, wide-ranging exhibition maps the complex connections among European and Asian civilizations from A.D. 500 to ...

However, the newfound highland cities were too big to simply be trading posts or Silk Road stopovers ... information to create a three-dimensional map of the environment below.

Researchers sent out LiDAR scanning technology, used to measure topography, on drones to map the scale and layout ... the newly discovered medieval Silk Road city Tugunbulak, located in the ...

(CNN) — 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 ...