Archaeologists have discovered two incredible 1,324-year-old forgotten cities abandoned on the ancient Silk Road ... Tugunbulak and the smaller city of Tashbulak were bustling settlements between ...

The two cities, Tugunbulak and Tashbulak, are located in the Malguzar ... and fortresses protecting merchants traveling along the Silk Road, the authors say. "While typically seen as barriers ...

nearly 300-acre medieval city three miles from Tashbulak that was integrated into the network of trade routes known as the Silk Road. “It’s a pretty remarkable discovery,” says Zachary ...

Major Silk Road cities, such as Bukhara and Samarkand ... about the optimal location for establishing a city. Before the discovery of Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, highland areas of Central Asia ...

“It’s a really different environment up there,” Frachetti said of the newly discovered Silk Road ... two cities, Tashbulak, and it was quite a sensation to find a highland city,” he ...

Called Tugunbulak and Tashbulak ... this pasture is a 1,000-year-old buried city. Photo: Michael Frachetti The research proves that the Silk Road did pass through high-altitude areas.

About three miles away, a smaller, densely built city called Tashbulak was also surveyed ... a recently discovered medieval city along the Silk Road. Imaging by SAlElab, J. Berner, M.

Tashbulak had a citadel in the center and ... According to the team, the main contribution of the city to the Silk Road trade was iron, as the surrounding mountains are particularly rich in ...

nearly 300-acre medieval city three miles from Tashbulak that was integrated into the network of trade routes known as the Silk Road. Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered ...

Scientists Document Lost Mountain Cities on Silk Road in Uzbekistan By Will ... elevation Central Asia," Frachetti said. The other city, Tashbulak, was only a tenth the size of its neighbor ...

"The possibility of such a large city situated 2,000 to ... different civilizations. Asia's Silk Road was active throughout the medieval period, with Tashbulak and Tugunbulak situated along ...