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 ...

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 ...

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 & ...

Ross Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for creating the darknet market Silk Road, is free. Ulbricht is a freedom fighter to some, and a dangerous criminal to ...

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, ...

Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road darknet marketplace, remains a controversial figure in cryptocurrency history. While his role in revolutionising Bitcoin’s use has long been debated, recent ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. Ulbricht had been sentenced to ...

"These relics reveal that ancient Xizhou was an important hub for exchanges along the ancient Silk Road," Shang emphasized.