Ancient nomads had a significant hand in the dispersal of the world's oldest domesticated crops, leaving traces in burnt grains of wheat, millet and barley in campsites along the Silk Road, U.S.

Ancient nomads known as the Scythians did indeed use human skin for the containers that held their arrows—confirming the account of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who is often questioned about ...

The Ancient Pazyryk culture's frozen tombs, preserved mummies, tattoos, and artifacts reshape views on nomadic life.

Hardy, nutritious and gluten-free, millet has become an "it" grain in recent years. Research reveals our ancestors relied on it: Millet was... Like amaranth and quinoa before it, millet – a hardy, ...

The Kyrgyz of the Pamir Mountains live divided by borders -- some in China or Afghanistan, the majority in Tajikistan. During the Soviet era their nomadic lifestyle was brought to an end, as they were ...

Around 900 BCE, a group of nomads from Siberia called Scythians began spreading across the central Asian steppe, their mounted archers sweeping across huge swaths of territory. Today the steppe from ...

Julien Cooper loves exploring places on the periphery. From hiking in his native Australia to trips to remote locations throughout Europe with his family, Cooper, a postdoctoral research associate in ...

CHOLPON-ATA, KyrgyzstanCHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan — On the shore of one of the world’s deepest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains, models strutted and sashayed in outfits mixing the ...

New Series, Vol. 7, No. 2, Special Issue: Nomads and Nomadism in Post-revolutionary Iran (2003), pp. 36-47 (12 pages) Founded in the 1970s, the journal Nomadic Peoples has a long and respected ...

Sand hockey is similar in many ways to field and ice hockey, but played barefoot and with palm wood sticks — FADEL SENNA In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and ...

Saka artisans crafted ornaments using gold and inlaid precious stones. The Fitzwilliam Museum An upcoming exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, will introduce visitors to the ...