Discover Uzbekistan, the one country where you can explore vast deserts, ancient Silk Road cities and snowy mountains in a ...

Eden first came to the city of Samarkand, in what is now Uzbekistan, in 2009 and quickly got hooked on both the history and the cuisine. The project: to gather the food of the seven major groups of ...

The second day of the 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of State Summit began on Friday in the historic city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with discussions expected to focus on regional ...

The word Samarkand, for many, conjures up exotic images – from majestic blue tiled mosques to fragrant spice markets. Located in east-central Uzbekistan, it is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Every day, Uzbek bakers hand-roll and stamp 8,000 loaves of bread. Shaped like wheels, these loaves are dense and chewy, with a golden crust and an ...

Samarkand is the same age as Ancient Rome, and has been destroyed several times. The city has witnessed the invading forces of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan. But, like the Phoenix rising from ...

Samarkand has always been more than a waypoint on the Silk Road, it was the destination. When Timur chose this city as his ...

From jigging veins of rhyming mother wits And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay, We’ll lead you to the stately tent of war, Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlaine Threatening the world ...