After being in prison for more than 11 years for his involvement with the darknet marketplace Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht ...
At its geographic crossroads in Central Asia, where kingdoms of middlemen grew rich, the Silk Road’s goods flowed radially in all directions. North to the Russian principalities. South to Persia ...
The "Silk Road" refers to a series of routes that crisscrossed Eurasia ... Korean and Japanese ships crossing the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan brought continental goods to Japan. The ...
Per the study, China’s oldest known domestic cat lived in the central province of Shaanxi between 706 and 883, during the ...
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 ...
Archaeologists in China have discovered a unique burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, with a toxic ...
the labyrinthine alleys link the stalls of Kumtepa to provide goods for all. But this bustling bazaar is not just a space for buying and selling—here, the legacy of the Silk Road comes alive ...
Beyond the romanticised imagery lies a complex narrative, revealing the term’s true origins, historical misperceptions and its contemporary implications in a ...
Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...