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

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.

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Archaeologists have found the remains of two medieval cities in the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan, a discovery that ...

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

High in the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists have mapped the footprints of two medieval cities that thrived along the ...

The fortified highland cities, located three miles (5 km) apart at around 6,560-7,220 feet (2,000-2,200 meters) above sea ...

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The cities were found in a mountainous region – it’s unusual for settlements of this time to be at such high altitudes ...

Archaeologists have mapped two lost cities of the Silk Road in Uzbekistan using drones ... lie five kilometers apart at around 2,000m above sea level. Called Tugunbulak and Tashbulak, they were ...

above sea level, are among the largest known from the mountainous sections of the Silk Road, the sprawling web of overland trade routes linking Europe and the Middle East to East Asia.