The Silk Road's history took a sudden turn after archaeologists discovered a series of hidden cities beneath Uzbekistan's ...

Excavations at Boncuklu Tarla, a Neolitihic site contemporary with Göbeklitepe, are revealing early evidence of human ...

Zhangye in Northwest China's Gansu province is a sparkling gem of the Hexi Corridor. Visitors can marvel at the stunning ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a unique burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, with a toxic ...

In an archaeological breakthrough, scientists have uncovered the remains of a young woman who lived over2,000 years ago along ...

The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise ...

Samarkand’s Silk Road past is woven into its present ... Nearby, at Afrasiab, restorer Marina Reutova unveils ancient Sogdian murals, offering a rare glimpse into 7th-century life.

A team of archaeologists in Xinjiang, China, has unearthed an extraordinary piece of history—a set of human teeth intentionally painted ...

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 ...

Scientists have confirmed that the pigment used is cinnabar, a valuable mineral historically linked to religious rituals, art ...

On Friday evening, the symphony Silk Road Across Hanhai (Endless Desert) will make its debut at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. The symphony was created by brothers Zheng ...

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.