The ancient Silk Road helped to integrated the old Chinese, Indian, Persian, Arabian, ancient Greek and Roman cultures and promoted the exchange of the Western and Oriental civilizations.

And today all around us, Beijing is pouring a trillion dollars into rebuilding a modern Silk Road trade network across Eurasia. How much would I give for a mouthful of water? How old is this Silk ...

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

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, archaeologists in China have unearthed the 2,200-year-old burial of a woman ... The cemetery lay on the main route of the Silk Road. The site was dated to 2,200 ...

For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient capital of Xi’an to witness its magnificence travelled via the Silk Road. Now a UNESCO World ...

a prominent Silk Road hub during the Western Han Dynasty. Researchers estimate that she was between 20 and 25 years old at the time of her death. Molecular analyses, including Raman spectroscopy ...