capitalizing on the materials around them and their proximity to the Silk Road. “Iron and steel were the resources that everybody wanted, along with horses and warriors,” Frachetti says.

According to the team, the main contribution of the city to the Silk Road trade was iron, as the surrounding mountains are particularly rich in iron ore. One of the still unanswered questions was ...

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.

which is iron, and it's also dense in juniper forest, which would have provided fuel (for smelting)," Frachetti said. The findings change the view historians had of the Silk Road. Silk Road ...

Discover the stunning beauty of Uzbekistan from above with this captivating drone footage. Fly over the beautifully intricate ...

BEIJING, Sept. 24, 2024 /CNW/ -- A national iron and steel industry vocational skills competition kicked off on Monday in Zhangjiagang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, aiming to meet the new ...

The Silk Road helped make the modern world ... The cities are located near rich veins of iron ore. Frachetti thinks this contained a factory where ore was turned to steel, representing the ...

The Silk Road wasn’t a traditional road ... They flourished into major urban centers due to their iron ore, animals and other precious resources, according to the study. Drone images of ...

Scientists Document Lost Mountain Cities on Silk Road in Uzbekistan By Will Dunham ... metalsmiths may have turned rich local deposits of iron ore into steel. The researchers are working to ...

BEIJING, Sept. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A national iron and steel industry vocational skills competition kicked off on Monday in Zhangjiagang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, aiming to meet the ...