Armor, Blades, and the Last Stop of Tamerlane. Artifacts from the era of Amir Timur discovered in ancient Shahrukhia

For the first time, a joint archaeological expedition from Uzbekistan and Turkey is excavating the ancient settlement of Shahrukhia near Tashkent—an effort that is revealing new insights into the shared Turkic legacy. Since 2024, a team of archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, and biologists from both countries has been working on-site to uncover the city’s long-buried secrets. […]