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Lasers reveal secrets of lost Silk Road cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan

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Archaeologists are uncovering two medieval cities that may have bustled with inhabitants a thousand years ago .

A team first noticed one of the lost cities in 2011 while hiking the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan .

A second site, called Tugunbulak , is described for the first time in a study published on October 23 in Nature .

At Tashbulak and Tugunbulak , the researchers mapped out subtle ridges that likely represented walls and other buried structures.

The lidar map appears to show a massive medieval complex, complete with a citadel, buildings, courtyards, plazas and pathways.

The researchers have yet to publish their findings.

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