Easy-to-transport foods, like noodles and dumplings, were necessities along the trade route The post Stir Fried: How the Silk ...

The Silk Road itself was actually a number of different trade routes that, combined, serve to move goods from China to the Arabian Peninsula and farther west. Few merchants actually travelled the ...

There's a common misunderstanding that the Silk Road was merely an exchange between the West and East, but "Silk Roads" aims to spotlight the geographical reach of this ancient trade route and its ...

The Silk Route was a historic trade route that dated from the second century B.C. until the 14th century A.D. and stretched from China to the Mediterranean.

The incredible £240bn silk road set to be the 'international trade route of the future' Experts say the route could cut up to two weeks off the travel time for ships journeying from China to Europe.

ASTANA — Beneath the streets of modern-day Turkistan lies the ancient settlement of Yassy-Turkistan, an archaeological ...

In the North West of India, a network of ancient trade routes popularly known as Silk Route originated during the 2nd century A.D.

Lost for centuries, two cities lay buried, nearly 5 kilometers (3 miles) apart, underneath grassy pastures in the mountains of Uzbekistan. Now, archaeologists for the first time have mapped these ...

A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in London this week.

Exquisite silk textiles from the late medieval to modern periods from the entire geographic expanse of the trade routes map the spread of silk technology and design across the globe.

The Silk Road, like the Milky Way, is not, alas, an entirely literal entity. It’s a branding exercise, a way of making coherent a whole network of ancient trade routes that stretched east and ...

A NEW exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in London this week. Showcasing a range of artefacts including Chinese ceramics, Byzantine ...