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

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum dedicated to one of the fabled route's final traders.

Lost Silk Road cities were just discovered with groundbreaking tech. Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis atop mountains, providing new insights into life along the ancient ...

New detection technologies have helped a team of American and Uzbekistani researchers map a pair of cities that were once part of the ancient Silk Road trade route across Asia. Aerial light ...

Traversed centuries ago by camel-back traders, two long-lost medieval cities that once thrived along the ancient Silk Road have been uncovered by drones sent searching for their secrets. For ...

Archaeologists have mapped two lost Silk Road cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan that were inexplicably abandoned hundreds of years ago. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Silk Road: A New History Valerie Hansen. Oxford Univ, $34.95 (320p) ... such exchanges played no small part in shaping the modern world. 19 color and 61 b&w illus., maps.

The Silk Road conjures images of caravans, desert steppes and adventurers like Marco Polo navigating the ancient trading routes connecting China with India, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. China’s ...

The discovery suggests that trade routes along the Silk Road were far more complex than previously understood. By Alexander Nazaryan Michael Frachetti was on an archaeological dig high in the ...

The Silk Road refers to one of the world's largest overland trade routes – a network that spanned 6,400km connecting Europe to far East Asia. Although named for the Chinese silks that the Roman ...

Traversed centuries ago by camel-back traders, two long-lost medieval cities that once thrived along the ancient Silk Road have been uncovered ... On conventional maps, trade routes spanning ...