Fly above Xinjiang, a vast and diverse region in western China, where rugged mountains, vast deserts, and vibrant cities ...

The Silk Road caravanserai “Tashrabat”, located at 3500 m elevation (Kyrgyzstan). ... "Historical accounts typically cast large Silk Road oasis cities, political capitals, ...

In a Silk Road oasis, thousands of Buddhas enthrall scholars and tourists alike. 1 of 17. A 51-foot Buddha from the Middle Tang period (781-847) reclines to await death, ...

Farther on, in “another Silk Road oasis”—Dunhuang—I spend “several mesmerizing hours exploring the Mogao Caves and their delicate murals of serene Buddhas” from the 4th century.

A man in September 2018 climbs dunes near Crescent Lake in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China. Dunhuang was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road, established in an oasis that contains Crescent Lake and ...

The Silk Road itself may be a thing of the past, its relevance wiped away by the advent of more convenient sea routes. But sitting here in a corner of Khiva, I knew for sure that its legacy lives on.

Other nominated sites within the Fergana-Syrdarya Corridor include Asanas, Kyshkala, Sauran, Yassy-Turkistan, Zhankala, ...

Silk Roads includes a ceramic figure of a lute player from China’s Tang dynasty (618–907) ... A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang, at the British Library, see p61).

Located in the northwest of the Bukhara Oasis, the town of Varakhsha was once occupied by the Sogdians, an ancient people who lived on the Silk Road. The 8th-century "Painting of the Ambassadors ...