Until recently, my vague idea of the Silk Road, the trade link from ancient east Asia to the West, was of camels crossing ...

Apart from Buddhist art work, these grottoes also reflect the production and living condition of ancient people. On the ancient Silk Road, one of the fascinating places is the ancient castle in ...

As an archaeologist enamored with mountain history, I needed to learn more, so two years later, I found myself on the Zoji La in the footsteps of Silk Road traders who, like us, hoped to make it ...

Poly MGM Museum celebrates seafaring heritage with an inaugural exhibition that brings together various rare artefacts, ...

Today Muslim Central Asia—the main backdrop of Silk Road history—may seem like a forgotten ... This was the Arab Golden Age of science, art, and culture, when Baghdad hosted an influx of ...

The Wellington stop of the Dunhuang Art Exhibition tour will come to an end on Saturday, with volunteers demonstrating the Chinese tea ceremony, as well as performing folk music, Dunhuang dance and ...

The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China ...

Series about traditional crafts along the ancient trade route of the Silk Road. Each film follows a day in the working life of a weaver, woodcarver and potter in China, Uzbekistan and Iran.