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2,200-Year-Old Greek Military Camp in Uzbekistan Reveals the Far Edge of Alexander’s World
When Alexander the Great’s armies entered Central Asia, they opened a frontier where Greek military power, local communities and new Hellenistic kingdoms remained entangled for generations. A hilltop in southern Uzbekistan may now preserve a rare trace of that world. Archaeologists working at Iskandar Tepa, a site once interpreted as a small rural settlement, say…
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A 4,000-Year-Old Child’s Skull in Uzbekistan Reveals a Risky Bronze Age Surgery
A small grave in southern Uzbekistan has drawn archaeologists into one of the most difficult corners of Bronze Age life: illness, childhood, and the decision to cut into a human skull. At Djarkutan, a major settlement of the ancient Oxus civilization, researchers uncovered the remains of two children buried side by side. One was about…
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The Origins of Archery? 80,000-Year-Old Micropoints Shed Light on Ancient Hunting Technology
Stone tools unearthed at the Obi-Rakhmat rock shelter in Uzbekistan may represent the earliest evidence of arrows ever found. Researchers from the Université de Bordeaux and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography in Novosibirsk report their findings in PLOS ONE, arguing that tiny triangular flakes—known as micropoints—were mounted on arrow-like shafts around 80,000 years ago.…