Soar over Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the heart of the ancient Silk Road and one of the most breathtaking ...

By IntelliNews The first International Forum of Islamic Civilization earlier this month brought over 450 religious leaders, ...

On a trip along the Silk Road, columnist Annalee Newitz discovers that ancient technology can offer us a framework for our ...

Samarkand region is located in the heart of Uzbekistan, and the center of the region is the city of Samarkand, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Samarkand. This photo is courtesy of ...

Beyond the narrow alleys of the mahalla east of Samarkand’s famed Registan, past ladas parked beside irrigation ditches and high walls hiding garden courtyards, what was once a neighborhood adjacent ...

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A presentation of the book Biography of Samarkand – One Hundred Cities on the Silk Road was successfully held at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Beijing on Monday. The book was written by 11 Uzbek ...

There are some cities, dotted around the word, which have more culture and history than any self-respecting tourist could expect to absorb, but those cities remain hidden to the masses. One of them is ...

The Ark, a mud-brick fortress of mostly 16th century construction that towers over Bukhara, in Uzbekistan, is now a museum with displays devoted to the once independent city state’s history. These ...

Eden first came to the city of Samarkand, in what is now Uzbekistan, in 2009 and quickly got hooked on both the history and the cuisine. The project: to gather the food of the seven major groups of ...