Two high-altitude, medieval cities built by mobile herders along Silk Road trade routes in Central Asia have been hiding in plain sight — until now. Mountainous regions typically have been seen as ...

What Samarkand doesn't tell you You arrive in Samarkand and the architecture does its work on you. The Registan is genuinely ...

Kashmir’s geographical continuity with Central Asia and Tibet has been a defining feature of its historical importance. Kashmir’s historical relationship with Central Asia is deeply entrenched and ...

The silkworm moth, whose caterpillars have been used in silk production since antiquity, may have been brought to southern Central Asia 4,000 years ago—nearly 2,000 years earlier than previously ...

The silkworm moth, whose caterpillars have been used in silk production since antiquity, may have been brought to southern Central Asia 4,000 years ago — nearly 2,000 years earlier than previously ...

Three 4,000-year-old cocoons from a Bronze Age fortress in Uzbekistan carry the proteins of China's domesticated silkworm, ...