The Silk Road was not just a single route, but a vast network of trade paths that connected Asia, Europe, and Africa for centuries. In this video, we unravel how the Silk Road actually worked ...

A new book of photographs captures the landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once conveyed untold wealth ...

But the history of the Silk Road wasn't all light. The exhibition highlights the darker aspects of the Silk Roads that occurred such as slavery, wars, religious tensions, and occupation.

The Silk Road was a vast network of trade routes connecting China and other parts of Asia with the Middle East and Europe. It began around 130BC when China, under the Han dynasty, started trading ...

Lidar is helping uncover medieval cities high in the mountains of Central Asia along the Silk Road where trade caravans, like this one depicted in the 14th-century Catalan Atlas, would stop on ...

The 'Silk and the Silk Road' exhibition at the National Museum of Kazakhstan showcases cultural exchanges between China and ...

The Silk Road: A New History Valerie Hansen. Oxford Univ, $34.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-19-515931-8 ...

Walking the Silk Road, where globalization got started. The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days.

In a vibrant celebration of cultural exchange, the "Silk and the Silk Road: From China to Kazakhstan" exhibition opened at ...