Lost Silk Road cities were just discovered with groundbreaking tech. ... a remote sensing method that uses reflected light to create detailed 3-dimensional maps. ... political systems, and cultures.

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 ...

If you ask me, as an archeologist, the foundations of Silk Road can be traced back to the Bronze Age. But the peak of this exchange we date to the medieval period, between the 6th century and the ...

Traversed centuries ago by camel-back traders, two long-lost medieval cities that once thrived along the ancient Silk Road have been uncovered by drones sent searching for their secrets. For ...

A new book of photographs captures the landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once conveyed untold wealth ...

“The Silk Road wasn’t just about the endpoints of China and the West,” he adds. “Major political forces were at play in Central Asia. The complex heart of the network was also a driver of ...

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 ...