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

New Silk Road Survey Reveals Hundreds of Medieval Structures Published Oct 23, 2024 at 1:59 PM EDT Updated Oct 24, 2024 at 3:22 AM EDT By Aristos Georgiou ...

Because of their position between East and West Asia, the Central Asian cities of Samarkand and Bukhara served as important Silk Road hubs. Much later, they became cities in the Soviet republic of ...