8 November 2026
Chinese Silk Reached Central Asia Before the Silk Road
A piece of fabric, small enough to fit in the palm of a hand and discovered…
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Silk Road
28 October 2026
2,000-Year-Old Cosmetics Found in Women’s Graves Reveal an Unexpected Ingredient
Two ancient women's graves in Kazakhstan have yielded an unexpected discovery about personal care nearly 2,000…
20 October 2026
1,000-Year-Old Rare Karakhanid Coins Discovered Beneath Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul
Underwater archaeologists investigating a submerged medieval settlement in Kyrgyzstan's Lake Issyk-Kul have discovered rare coins dating…
4 August 2026
Otrar Excavations Reveal the City’s First Dakhma-Type Collective Burial and a Golden Horde Mosque
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Otrar in Kazakhstan’s southern Turkistan Region have uncovered the…
26 June 2026
New Kangju Inscriptions in Kazakhstan Reveal Written Evidence from a 2,000-Year-Old Central Asian State
Archaeologists in southern Kazakhstan have uncovered new written fragments and rare burial artifacts linked to the…
6 November 2024
Archaeologists Reveals Rare Evidence of Early Human Presence in Tajikistan
Archaeologists have discovered a multi-layered archaeological site in the Zeravshan Valley of central Tajikistan that reveals…
25 October 2024
Surprisingly High-Altitude Silk Road Cities Discovered in Uzbek Mountains
Archaeologists have discovered two lost medieval cities in the eastern mountains of Uzbekistan that were important…
2 June 2024
2,000-Year-Old Mysterious Kangju Burial Mound Filled with Gold Jewelry and Mirror Found in Kazakhstan
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have unearthed gold jewelry, arrowheads, and a large, bronze mirror from three burial…
9 March 2024
An Ancient Large Clay Vessel “Hum” 1.75 Meters High Unearthed in Kyrgyzstan
During recent archaeological excavations in the town of Uzgen in the Osh province of Kyrgyzstan, a…
22 July 2023
People may have been cooking curries in South-East Asia for at least 2000 years
Archaeologists have found remnants of eight spices on a sandstone slab from an archaeological site in…