At the initiative of the President of Uzbekistan, Bactrian-era artifacts have been returned to the country from the United Kingdom and are now being presented at the Center of Islamic Civilization, ...

A third-century B.C.E. plaque unearthed at Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan depicts the mother goddess Cybele in a chariot driven by Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet via ...

For centuries, Bactria, a region shared by modern Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan - was part of the Hellenistic world. Conquered by Alexander the Great, Bactria became the heart of a powerful ...

A radiocarbon study reveals that the Darband Wall in Uzbekistan was built in the 3rd century BCE—half a century earlier than previously believed—and suggests a crucial strategic shift centuries later ...

Explore the story of a silver shaft-hole axe from the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (also known as the Oxus Civilization). We dive into its iconography, Bronze Age materials, casting ...

In a study that shines new light on the movement of people along the legendary Silk Road, a team of genetic researchers from China has successfully decoded the DNA of the Sogdians, a people from ...

Pune: Nearly a decade after a Deccan College team dug beneath a village schoolyard in Pachamta in Rajasthan, their findings have rewritten what was known about early political life in Chalcolithic ...

Ukraine and Russia are in the news for the wrong reasons—involved in a wasteful war, provoked by attempts to expand NATO borders. Ukraine has been made a pawn in the hands of western powers, the fate ...

A 4,000-year-old tomb of a teenager unearthed in Iran, filled with gold jewelry and mysterious seals, is rewriting what we know about Bronze Age power and trade. The burial highlights an unusual ...