{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Andrew Lawler","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content","author_name":"AndrewLawler","author_url":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/author\/andrewlawler\/","title":"Medieval Silk Road metropolis unearthed in Uzbek mountainsDiscovery challenges idea that ancient trade routes only linked lowland oases","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LUcEazlssJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/medieval-silk-road-metropolis-unearthed-in-uzbek-mountains\/\">Medieval Silk Road metropolis unearthed in Uzbek mountains<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/medieval-silk-road-metropolis-unearthed-in-uzbek-mountains\/embed\/#?secret=LUcEazlssJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Medieval Silk Road metropolis unearthed in Uzbek mountains&#8221; &#8212; Andrew Lawler\" data-secret=\"LUcEazlssJ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.andrewlawler.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/scienceadvisor_silk-road.jpg","thumbnail_width":620,"thumbnail_height":411,"description":"More than 1000 years ago along the fabled Silk Road, caravans funneled silk and cotton west to Europe while wool, glass, gold, and silver traveled east to China. Oasis cities in Central Asia formed important nodes along these routes, which were actually a network of trading paths. Now, the surprising discovery of traces of a major medieval city at an altitude of more than 2000 meters in Uzbekistan."}