Along the ancient trail of the Silk Road, the long-distance Eurasian trade route that connected Europe and the Middle East with China from the second century BC to around 1450 AD, archaeologists have ...

The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days. Salopek began his "Out of Eden" walk four years ago in Ethiopia.

Silk Road attracts people for many reasons. Some are simply interested in having a safe and easy place to buy and sell illegal items, of which drugs are by far the largest category. For better or for ...

The world is full of legendary highways but none can compete with the Silk Road – the storied route set to fascinate the masses at the British Museum in a new exhibition (September 26 to ...

Taking you on trade routes from from Japan to Britain, this new exhibition proves just how vibrant the so-called Dark Ages really were ‘Ah, the Silk Road!’ you nod, sagely. That romanticised ...

It's known for its mosques, mausoleums and other sites linked to the Silk Road, a network of trade routes that stretched from Asia to the Mediterranean Sea. As one of the ancient cities along the ...

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] From undulating sand dunes to rugged mountain ranges and ancient castles, Dahaidao — a 500-kilometer-long legendary route on the ancient Silk Road — has ...

Semnan is a crucial junction on the ancient Silk Road, stretching across thousands of miles, with caravanserais that narrate the 2,000-year-old legacy of the Silk Road, Cong remarked. He described ...

The Silk Road, which endured from the second century BC until the 15th century, was a precursor to our current conception of the globalised society, with its exchange of ideas and people as well ...

Former President Donald Trump reaffirmed his pledge to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the online illegal drug marketplace Silk Road. What happened: In a Truth Social Post ...

During his final weeks in office in 2020, President Donald Trump considered granting clemency to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the internet’s best-known drug market, the Silk Road. On Wednesday ...