Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history
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Archaeologists and divers explore the ruins of a submerged city at the bottom of Lake Issyk-Koul, on the ancient Silk Roads, a historical site compared to Pompeii The sun is barely
Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history
Situated on an ancient trading route between China and Europe, little is known about the history of the settlement under Kyrgyzstan's largest lake or how it came to be flooded an estimated 800 years ago. Together with a team of around 20 scientists, Bodrova is helping uncover its past, findings that could shape our understanding of the history of Central Asia and beyond. "The visibility isn't very good today, but I hope we'll still be able to fi…
Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia’s lost history
TORU-AYGYR, Kyrgyzstan: The sun had barely risen, but diving volunteer Elizaveta Bodrova was already raring to plunge into the cold waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, where the ruins of a once-thriving city have lain submerged for centuries. Situated on an ancient trading route between China and Europe, little is known about the history of the settlement under Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake or how it came to be flooded an estimated 800 years ago. Together wit…
Under the shallow waters of the Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan there is an extensive medieval settlement area. New expeditions show brick buildings, workshops and a Muslim cemetery, but only 15 to 20 percent of the area are investigated. The findings draw Toru-Aygyr as an important junction of the Silk Road, whose exact chronology and demise are further explored. Moscow (Russia). The Issyk-Kul is today [...] The post Sunken settlement was an important …
Combining and bottles of oxygen on the back, the Russian dive instructor is about to start looking for the traces of this mysterious medieval city. "I hope that we can manage to delimit the boundaries of the city and...
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