In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of two medieval cities hidden in the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan, challenging long-held assumptions about ...

The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia that "facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas between people from China to Venice between the second century BC and ...

The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.

This is the first documented case in history where this material has been used to pigment teeth, leading experts to nickname the woman the Red Princess of the Silk Road. Her skeleton showed traces of ...

Merv stands as a testament to over 4,000 years of human history. Once a vibrant hub on the Silk Road, it flourished under various empires, notably reaching its zenith in the 12th century as the ...

"The place of the Silk Road in history - it's almost impossible to exaggerate its importance, I think, in the movement of peoples, the movement of goods, the transport of inventions in particular ...

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 ...

From the country’s incredible monuments to its bustling bazaars and Silk Road, here are your not-to ... Bibi-Khanum Mosque to Registan Square, the ancient city’s central meeting point hugged ...

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