The new research could change history's understanding of the sprawling trade network that connected Europe and the Middle ...

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

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

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.” ...

Nor was China, the alleged terminus of the Silk Roads in most versions of its conception, ever the main destination of ...

A survey has identified a "major" urban area in a mountainous area of Uzbekistan at an altitude of more than 6,000 feet.

Drone lidar technology discovered the lost Silk Road cities of Uzbekistan as ancient trade hubs high in the mountains.

Along the ancient trail of the Silk Road, the long-distance Eurasian trade route that connected Europe and the Middle East with China from the second century BC to around 1450 AD, archaeologists have ...

Archeologists have uncovered stunning details of two long-lost medieval cities that once thrived along the ancient Silk Road ...

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

Two cities lost for centuries have been uncovered by archaeologists in Uzbekistan along the Silk Road in a discovery that ...

The expansive exhibition, on view through February 23, looks at how commerce, ideas, and religion crisscrossed the world.