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.” ...

Researchers have identified a "hugely significant" ancient battle site with the help of declassified U.S. spy satellite images. A team of archaeologists from the U.K.'s Durham University and Iraq's ...

Recent excavations in Tajikistan's Zeravshan Valley uncovered an archaeological site dating back as far as 150,000 years, ...

Using drone-based lidar, researchers mapped two medieval cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, in Uzbekistan, revealing detailed urban structures significant to the Silk Road's history. The first use of d ...

Insights Into South African Population History from 10,000-Year-Old Human DNA Sep. 19, 2024 — Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia ...

The ancient Silk Road comprised a series of roads and routes ... directly boosting its development and reconfiguring the map ...

Fortnite's all-new Chapter 6 era, set to begin in December, will live on a fresh battle royale island themed around Japan, ...

Administrative innovations in South-west Asia during the fourth millennium BC, including the cylinder seals that were rolled on the earliest clay tablets, laid the foundations for proto-cuneiform ...

for the artists of Gandhara … took imagery and styles that ultimately originated in ancient Greece, and they made them Buddhist and Asian, and thereby introduced them into the later traditions ...

Besides Smith, Williams and Johnson are the most common surnames in the U.S., with at least one of these featuring in the top ...

As their community shrinks, the villagers fear that their ancient mother tongue -- Yaghnobi, an Eastern Iranian language -- will die out if the government and native speakers themselves don’t ...