Six centuries after it slipped from view, a pre-Columbian city has reappeared from the bottom of a lake, its streets, plazas, and temples preserved in cold, dark water. What began as a technical dive ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the submerged ruins of a medieval Silk Road city beneath Lake Issyk-Kul. Located in northeastern Kyrgyzstan, high in the Tien Shan mountains, the lake sits at an ...

Sometimes science uncovers things that feel as if they belong in a storybook, and this discovery brought that same strange feeling. When archaeologists revealed that a lost city sits below the surface ...

Underwater archaeologists exploring a lake in Kyrgyzstan found a lost city. The waters of Lake Issyk-Kul have hidden an important Silk Road city since the beginning of the 15 th century. Experts ...