Establishing shot of Tuyoq valley in Xinjiang, Tuyuk aerial of oasis-village in the Taklamakan desert, Flaming Mountains, Xinjiang Uighur, Region of China. silk road history stock videos & ...

Though much of the art of the Silk Road was created to encourage religious devotion, today we value it also as a source of precious historical information. Buddhist cave murals often, for example, ...

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

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 ...

A Tang Dynasty tomb unearthed in northwest China has shed new light on the lives and heritage of the Sogdians, ancient traders who played a vital role in connecting cultures along the Silk Road. The ...

Sogdians on an Achaemenid Persian relief from the Apadana of Persepolis, offering tributary gifts to the Persian king Darius I, 5th century BC. Credit: A.Davey / CC BY 2.0 A Tang Dynasty tomb ...

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

Until Friday 21 February 2025, the Kazakhstan-Luxembourg Cooperation asbl is holding an exhibition entitled “Кафе... }} ...

Explore Xi'an, the incredible ancient city and the ‘birthplace of civilisation,' home to the Terracotta Army and countless ...

Researchers have concluded that glass beads excavated from the tomb of a king in Fukuoka Prefecture were likely brought to Japan through the ancient Silk Road trade route network. A group of ...

This article provides a comprehensive five-day itinerary for exploring the remnants of the Silk Road and the breathtaking ...