Scientists document lost mountain cities on Silk Road in Uzbekistan
In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities ...
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Lost Silk Road cities discovered in Uzbek mountains
Archaeologists have found the remains of two medieval cities in the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan, a discovery that ...
Return to the Silk Roads: Gayane Umerova’s mission to make Uzbekistan a new cultural force
Uzbekistan’s legacy as a melting pot for ideas, creativity and craftsmanship is being revived with a series of ambitious ...
A Mountaintop Discovery is Changing Everything We Knew About the Silk Road
A new LiDAR survey of previously discovered Silk Road sites reveals a more sprawling urban history than first imagined. An ...
Two ancient cities have been discovered along the Silk Road
Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern ...
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 ...
Lost Silk Road cities mapped using remote sensing
Archaeologists have mapped two lost Silk Road cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan that were inexplicably abandoned hundreds ...
Researchers Discover Enormous Ancient Cities Hidden in Uzbekistan’s Mountains
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 ...
How LiDAR Helped Archaeologists Discover Two Lost Mountain Cities
Technology enables scientists to measure and discover things that would be impossible to find without it, like these lost ...
Lidar mapping reveals mountainous medieval cities along the Silk Road
A city larger than many in Europe at the time was perched in the mountains.