Uzbek law had to be changed to allow the country’s most prized artefacts to travel to the UK: detail from the south wall of the ‘Hall of the Ambassadors’ in ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the submerged ruins of a medieval Silk Road city beneath Lake Issyk-Kul. Located in ...

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. The creation of the Silk Road -- The road of faiths -- The road to a Christian East -- The road to revolution -- The road to concord -- The road of furs -- ...

Examine the textiles that gave the Silk Road its name, and travel across the trade routes that connected the cultures of Afro-Eurasia for centuries as The Ohio State University at Marion hosts a ...

A house cat dead for more than 1,000 years is changing our understanding of urbanization and trade along the early Silk Road. Archaeologists found the cat’s skeleton in Dzankent, a medieval city east ...

The first rumblings of spring have reached the Central Atlantic. The green tips of daffodils and jonquils are pushing through the still firm soil, and in some sunny spots, snowdrops and crocus are ...

Many people have seen pictures of the so-called "Rainbow Mountains" of China on Instagram or some other social media platform. They know they look cool, but don't know that visiting this landmark can ...

One of the pillars of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that remains continually overlooked is people-to-people ties. P2P, to use the shorthand, is about building social, cultural, and digital ...

LANZHOU, 2 May (BelTA - Xinhua) - Two major archaeological sites along the ancient Silk Road opened to the public in northwest China on Thursday, the first day of the May Day holiday, offering new ...

Known whimsically as shui xiang, or “the land of water”, China’s glittering province of Jiangsu has all the geographical advantages to give it a starring role in the epic tale of China’s ancient ...

COVID-19 has added a new twist to China’s declarations of reviving the Silk Roads for the 21st century. As China continues to relax restrictions on domestic mobility, this year’s October Golden Week ...