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.” ...

Tugunbulak could have housed as many as 5,000 residents with the only source of food being pastured animals or what could be ...

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On the Silk Road, these lost twin cities may have sustained themselves in a foreboding landscape with metallurgy and commerce ...

“It’s a really different environment up there,” Frachetti said of the newly discovered Silk Road settlements ... to create a three-dimensional map of the environment below.

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

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

Coming in 2025, the Golden Eagle Silk Road Express offers all new adventures along the storied Silk Road trading route.

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern ...

The other issue, although not a controversy, revolves around the escrow system. The default way of making transactions in Silk Road is for the buyer to send his funds not to the seller directly, but ...