ASTRAKHAN, Russia — One recent cold December morning, I find myself aboard a wooden raft, pulled across the Volga by a small fishing vessel. I’m here to look for the remnants of a powerful, mostly forgotten medieval empire few have heard about. Once a mythical capital of enormous wealth, it once stood at the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road trading route — but exactly where is still a mystery. One man — with the help of a devoted team of students — may have found the missing piece of the puzzle.
Now I am normally more interested in geopolitics than …read more
Source: European Voice
