Hacker News with Generative AI: Silk Road

Lost Silk Road cities unearthed in Uzbekistan's high mountains (bbc.com)
Archaeologists have found the remains of two medieval cities in the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan, a discovery that could shift our understanding of the fabled Silk Road.

Archaeology, Silk Road, Uzbekistan, History

6 points by neom 29 days ago | 0 comments

Lost Silk Road cities discovered in Uzbek mountains (bbc.co.uk)
Archaeologists have found the remains of two medieval cities in the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan, a discovery that could shift our understanding of the fabled Silk Road.

Archaeology, Silk Road, History, Uzbekistan

12 points by kitd 29 days ago | 1 comments

Lost Silk Road Cities Discovered High in the Mountains of Central Asia (scientificamerican.com)
Hidden in the towering mountains of Central Asia, along what has been called the Silk Road, archaeologists are uncovering two medieval cities that may have bustled with inhabitants a thousand years ago.

Archaeology, History, Central Asia, Silk Road

123 points by Brajeshwar 30 days ago | 30 comments

Manuscripts reveal the details of everyday life on the Silk Road (historytoday.com)
On a summer night in 1900, a Daoist monk named Wang Yuanlu was sweeping sand from the entrance to the caves known as the Grottoes of Unparalleled Height near the town of Dunhuang in northwest China.

History, Silk Road, China

92 points by diodorus 54 days ago | 21 comments

Chinese archaeologists are striking out along the Silk Road (wsj.com)

Archaeology, History, China, Silk Road

53 points by oboes 111 days ago | 101 comments

Trump Vows to Aid Convicted 'Silk Road' Founder in Crypto Appeal (bloomberg.com)