Drone-based lidar in Central Asia allowed archaeologists to capture details of Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, two trade cities along the Silk Road, high in the mountains of Uzbekistan
The so-called Unknown Kushan Script partially deciphered, the related Middle Iranian language has been preliminarly named Eteo-Tocharian
Findings from 3,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal a complex trade network; the study is published in the most recent issue of Science Advances.
Central Asia identified as a key region for human ancestors: it was a key route for some of the earliest hominin migrations