We drove along the main expressway across Gansu province, which follows - approximately - the old Silk Road. Our car sped along at 75 miles per hour while the camel caravans moved at the more ...

A large group of tea merchants on camels and horses ... a stop on the ancient Silk Road, Gansu's Zhangye city during their journey to Kazakhstan, May 5, 2015. The caravan, consisting of more ...

Get a taste of the old-fashioned camel caravan way of life at “Traveling the Silk Road,” opening today at the American Museum of Natural History. In it, you’ll take a virtual trip along the ...

The name conjures mystery, intrigue and untold treasures, camel caravans winding across ... For curator Mark Norell, the exhibit, "Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World ...

In The Legend of Camel Bell, the Silk Road is brought to life with epic stage ... and yes, actual camel caravans—it ...

The name ‘Silk Road’ evokes images of Marco Polo and endless camel caravans stretching from Beijing to Baghdad and on to the Venetian Lagoon. But the fact is there was no single, definitive trail.

The Silk Road – a name invented by a romantic German geographer, Ferdinand von Richtofen, in 1877 – is most likely a misnomer. Its historic importance lies not in the number of bolts of silk carried ...

Both exhibitions promote the idea of the Silk Road as an east-west network of superhighways linking eastern Asia with western Europe in a free-flowing movement of goods and ideas. It is a deeply ...

Camels, caravans, Chevrolets ... The essence of Uzbekistan’s Silk Road is best experienced through a road trip.