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Lidar technology reveals long-lost Silk Road cities in Uzbekistan’s mountains

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, two long-hidden medieval cities along the ancient Silk Road trade routes in the mountains of Uzbekistan have been revealed using advanced drone-based lidar technology...

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Lidar technology reveals long-lost Silk Road cities in Uzbekistan’s mountains In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, two long-hidden medieval cities along the ancient Silk Road trade routes in the mountains of Uzbekistan have been revealed using advanced drone-based lidar technology. The research, led by Michael Frachetti, professor of archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis, and Farhod Maksudov, director of Uzbekistan’s National Center of Archaeology, focused on two high-altitude urban centers, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak. Located approximately 2,000 meters above sea level, these cities thrived between the 6th and 11th centuries, demonstrating that mountainous regions, often considered obstacles to trade, were in fact bustling hubs of economic and cultural activity...

Lidar technology reveals long-lost Silk Road cities in Uzbekistan’s mountains

Two long-hidden medieval cities along the ancient Silk Road trade routes in the mountains of Uzbekistan have been revealed
Dario Radley (Archaeology News)
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