A new study maps the genetic origins of Scythians, showing diverse steppe and minor Asian ancestry and revising long‑held views.

Tattoos may have been widespread in prehistory, with scientists discovering a plethora of body art on a pastoralist who died ...

How will Generation Rent ever find a home?

A new “Great Game” is unfolding in the Caucasus and Central Asia, echoing the 19th-century rivalry between empires, with a ...

By the end of the Bronze Age (ca. 3000 to 800 BCE), elk had become stylized symbols—possibly representing status, clan ...

Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative ...

Over 12,000 years, elk petroglyphs in Mongolia evolved from realistic depictions to abstract, wolf-like symbols, reflecting ...

The kurgan discovered in Azerbaijan is one of the largest in the region, measuring 28 meters in diameter and 2 meters in height. This grand burial mound was constructed to honor a prominent individual ...

Recent DNA analysis from excavations in China, Central Asia, and Hungary has uncovered the origins of the marauding Huns who swept across Eurasian steppes into Europe in the days of the Roman Empire.

Different types of ceramic flasks exhibited in the exhibition Stretching across Eurasia, the Steppe Silk Road served as a vital northern corridor linking nomadic and agrarian civilizations. From the ...

Located along the right bank of the Ili River, approximately 128 kilometers from Almaty, the Besshatyr necropolis comprises ...