On the Silk Road, these lost twin cities may have sustained themselves in a foreboding landscape with metallurgy and commerce.

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 ...

The cities were found in a mountainous region – it’s unusual for settlements of this time to be at such high altitudes ...

A 51-year-old local resident has been sentenced to five years in prison in Uzbekistan for mercenary service in the Russian ...

From the white embrace of winter that covers Uzbekistan’s mountain resorts to the blazing orange sunsets over its desert ...

In Uzbekistan, the facades of the spiritual monuments ... cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova. In the Old City area, little survived a devastating 1966 earthquake.

Uzbekistan votes in a parliamentary election on Sunday that, in the absence of opposition parties, is certain to produce a ...

Uzbekistan’s tradition of silk production has been a hallmark of its cultural and economic landscape for millennia, with deep roots tracing back to the ancient Silk Road.

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According to an investigation by RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service, one of the men arrested in Uzbekistan last month was also imprisoned ...

Parties loyal to Uzbekistan’s president have swept parliament seats in an election devoid of any real opposition in the tightly-controlled Central Asian country Parties loyal to Uzbekistan's ...