A stunning revelation awaits as an ancient city resurfaces from beneath a vast lake in Central Asia. This long-lost urban center flourished along the historic Silk Road before a devastating earthquake ...

According to a study published in Current Biology on May 22, the genetic components of the ancient populations in the western Tibetan Plateau are closest to ancient populations in the southern Tibetan ...

Kashmir’s historical relationship with Central Asia is deeply entrenched and stretches back to ancient times. The region has long been a meeting ground for diverse peoples, ideas, and cultures, ...

Tilted sedimentary strata in the Tian Shan, driven by the ongoing indentation of India into Asia. New research from Adelaide University suggests the power of the ancient Tethys Ocean might have shaped ...

The discovery suggests that trade routes along the Silk Road were far more complex than previously understood. By Alexander Nazaryan Michael Frachetti was on an archaeological dig high in the ...

Stretching across two-thirds of our planet, Asia harbors secrets that span millions of years of human history. From the frozen burial grounds of Siberia to the ancient cities of the Indus Valley, ...

Deciphering a previously unknown script could unlock a better understanding of the ancient Kushan Empire of Central Asia. The unknown Kushan script was found in the 1950s, but only understood this ...

A new study reveals that for centuries, the inhabitants of Central Asia wrote in foreign languages —Aramaic, Greek, and Prakrit— while the languages they actually spoke left barely any written trace.