The Silk Road Today
“The Silk Road Today” is a multimedia longread by The Stans about what unites Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan: from trade corridors and shared rivers to cuisine, music and heritage.
The project features on-the-ground reporting, interactive maps, archival photographs and interviews with historians, entrepreneurs and travellers. We followed the ancient route from Bukhara to Issyk-Kul to show how the past lives on in the present.
The Silk Road was never merely a road for goods. It was a road for ideas — and it is open again.
Project Articles
Ancient Samarkand: New Archaeological Discoveries
Archaeologists have uncovered unique 13th-century artefacts near the Registan, shedding light on the Timurid era and the commercial life of medieval Samarkand.
Best Mountain Trails in Tajikistan
The Pamir Highway and the Fann Mountains are two routes every traveller dreaming of seeing the real Central Asia should experience.