Lidar is helping uncover medieval cities high in the mountains of Central Asia along the Silk Road where trade caravans, like this one depicted in the 14th-century Catalan Atlas, would stop on ...

This video was filmed in Georgia and shows 4K footage of medieval watchtowers and mountain villages with background music.

Harz Mountains Katherine Sacks, Harz02/17/2014 A childhood memory of half-timbered houses and cobblestone streets gets DW's Katherine Sacks to explore the charming medieval towns of the Harz ...

High in the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists have mapped the footprints of two medieval cities that thrived along the Silk Road more than 1,000 years ago. The team of researchers—led by ...

The willingness of medieval merchants to detour up the mountains suggests a complexity of trade routes absent from popular conceptions of the Silk Road. “Stereotypically, we think that it’s ...

Hidden in the towering mountains of Central Asia, along what has been called the Silk Road, archaeologists are uncovering two medieval cities that may have bustled with inhabitants a thousand ...

Hidden between the sea and the mountains, the villages of the French Riviera have a timeless charm. Combining medieval ...

A small Spanish medieval village just 20 minutes from Benidorm has beautiful views of the coast and mountains. For the majority of Brits, trips to Alicante primarily involve a boozy weekend in the ...