Ancient traders faced challenges and devised solutions that, surprisingly, resemble some of the practices used by modern ...

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 ...

Credit: A.Davey / CC BY 2.0 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 ...

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 ...

Imagine standing where ancient traders once roamed along the historic 'Silk Road', their footsteps etched into the sands beneath your feet, the same ...

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, ...

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 & ...

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 ...

They can take a 4x4 ride passing through the ancient caravans that traversed the historic ‘Silk Road’ trade routes. Or, they can take a hike among the fossil-strewn rocks. They can also soar ...

Situated 80 kilometers northeast of Qom, the caravanserai of Deyr-e Gachin is widely known as the “Mother of Iranian ...