The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

Uzbekistan, host of the upcoming 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the Convention on International ...

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Step into Samarkand, a city alive with history and flavor! From 100,000 Samsa dumplings cooked daily to the bustling Silk ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

Then, travel to Samarkand to admire the stunning Registan Square and Bukhara’s beautifully preserved Old Town. The city of Khiva, with its ancient walled city, is the perfect way to end this awe ...

Tashkent, a city where ancient mosques and madrassas meet modern innovation ... Its design and architecture are reminiscent of the historic madrassas and mosques of Samarkand. The madrassa consists of ...

If I had any illusions about Uzbekistan’s modernity, they were quickly dispelled on our journey to Samarkand ... and symbols of Zoroastrianism — the ancient Persian religion that was once ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...