The Uzbekistan government is on an ambitious tourism drive – but is sparring with heritage experts over how to protect its historical sites. The sound of a jackhammer rattles through the air. In ...

This render depicts New Tashkent District 1. The 6,000-hectare (15,000 acre) site will be the first development phase of Uzbekistan’s capital expansion.

But this site, called Tashbulak, after the area's present-day name, was only the beginning. While excavating in 2015, Frachetti met with one of the region's only current inhabitants — a forestry ...

The lidar method for aerial archaeology identifies human-modified landscapes. Detection of a massive urban settlement on a mountainous Uzbekistan site challenges preconceptions about medieval ...

The signature ceremony took place in the presence of Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, and Saida Mirziyoyeva, Special Assistant to the President of Uzbekistan. Alongside the signature ...