Lidar drone mapping has revealed previously unknown cities in the mountains of modern-day Uzbekistan that were important Silk Road way stations. One was bigger than many major cities in Italy at the time.
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For more info, here's the original paper from Nature and a couple of summaries from BBC and Smithsonian.
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