At the bottom of a lake in Kyrgyzstan lie the ruins of a former trading hub along the Silk Road. Its remnants have lain undisturbed for 500 years, after a massive earthquake submerged it. Now, a joint ...

The legend of Atlantis tells us that the world may be dotted with lost settlements – and scientists may have just discovered one. Explorers at the Russian Academy of Sciences have found 'traces of a ...

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 ...

A mountain lake may seem eternal until some light of the diver reaches a straight line along which nature seldom draws a line. Archaeologists excavating near the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul started to ...

STORY: Issyk-Kul means "warm lake" in Kyrgyz. The name was given because the water never freezes due to the lake's depth and natural warmth of water. Local resident, Taalay Orozakunov, said he and his ...

The city of Karakol lies near the eastern end of Kyrgyzstan's immense lake and premier tourist site, Issyk-Kul. Heading east across Kyrgyzstan, it is the last city (population 67,000) before the ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 21, 2025 shows the scenery of the southern shore of Issyk-Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul Lake, located in the northeastern part of Kyrgyzstan, covers an area of ...