During his speech at the ceremony, he spoke of how Matsis was born in the village of Palaichori Morphou which, despite its name, is not near Morphou but is located in the Troodos mountains, and ...

The team first discovered Tashbulak, the smaller city, in 2011 while trekking in the mountains. They found burial sites, thousands of pottery shards and other signs that the territory was populated.

Archaeologists have found the remains of two medieval cities in the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan, a discovery that could shift our understanding of the fabled Silk Road. Known for the ...

China’s most popular mountain tourist spot has deployed an unusual new workforce: a pack of robotic dogs, which are being used to haul trash down the mountain’s steep, winding paths. The four-legged ...

Oct 23 (Reuters) - In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route ...

The mountain city’s fortress, flanked by a castle or palace, overlooked a town surrounded by defensive walls. Tashbulak covered roughly one-eighth the territory of Tugunbulak but was still a ...

Researchers have uncovered the scale of two ancient cities buried high in the mountains of Uzbekistan. The cities were thought to be there, but their extent was unknown, so the team used drone ...

By Alexander Nazaryan Michael Frachetti was on an archaeological dig high in the mountains of southeastern Uzbekistan in 2015 when a forestry official approached him. “You know, I’ve seen some ...

Hidden in the towering mountains of Central Asia, along what has been called the Silk Road, archaeologists are uncovering two medieval cities that may have bustled with inhabitants a thousand ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. From the back of a bush plane at Mission Field, the Crazy Mountains ...

Sample the island's olive oil, delicious with bread or drizzled over a salad Credit: Getty With great wine comes great food, and the Kyrenia Olive ... in villages and mountain roads.