We visited Uzbekistan for the first time in 2004, but we had been dreaming about travelling there since 1992 when …
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Over the years, our interest in the old silk road routes has brought us to quite a lot of old …
Continue reading “Finding Paikent and Varakhsha – two ancient Silk Road towns”
The region of ancient Merv was one of the earliest centres of agriculture. Several consecutive cities, from Bronze age to …
Continue reading “Ancient Merv – a walk to work city in the desert”
Marshrutka No. 3, one of the tiny microbuses that zip through the town of Penjikent, goes to the village of …
Continue reading “Sarazm – a proto-urban archaeological site”
A number of Silk Road sites in China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyztan have been named UNESCO World Heritage properties this year. …
Continue reading “Akyrtas – A palace on the ancient Silk Road”
„Silk Road“ – that evokes images of oriental cities and caravans laden with huge bundles of silk, making their way …
Emperor Shi Huangdi wanted to be immortal. It could have been possible. He had just conquered every kingdom he knew …
