This fall, the ancient Central Asian city of Bukhara, which for centuries was a stop on the Silk Road — the 4,000-mile trade route along which goods and ideas spread across the continent ...

Abram Iskhakov is the caretaker of the oldest synagogue in Bukhara, one of the sacred cities of Islam. He is keeper of a Torah inscribed on deer velum and kept safe for 1000 years, or so the story ...

Explaining the choice of location, Umerova says that Bukhara, an ancient city in the country’s centre, is “an important hub of production along the silk routes: a place of cultural, religious ...

The sound of a jackhammer rattles through the air. In Bukhara, a former trading hub on the ancient Silk Road in what is now Uzbekistan, tourism is the new commerce and new hotels are popping up on ...

Bukhara is renowned for its well-preserved medieval architecture. Key sites include the Ark Fortress and Bolo Haouz Mosque, reflecting its historical significance Almaty offers mix of urban ...

In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we explore how Bukhara’s ancient water systems still shape life today, as a city in the desert adapts to the challenges of climate change.

Master Shokir Kamolov is a fifth-generation blacksmith. In a workshop with a five-hundred-year history, products are made in an ancient manual way. Tourists in Bukhara visit this workshop, which was ...