As an archaeologist enamored with mountain history, I needed to learn more, so two years later, I found myself on the Zoji La in the footsteps of Silk Road traders who, like us, hoped to make it ...

This article provides a comprehensive five-day itinerary for exploring the remnants of the Silk Road and the breathtaking ...

Most other Silk Road sites, Fan says ... the grottoes from what may be the biggest threat in their 1,600-year history. Mogao's murals have always been fragile, the thinnest tissue of paint ...

A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road. It wasn’t a single road but a network of commercial routes that once ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...

showcases the Buddhist artwork found in the Mogao caves of Dunhuang, in the mainland’s north-western Gansu province. Dunhuang was once the gateway to the ancient Silk Road, and is famous for its ...

The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China ...

Ancient traders faced challenges and devised solutions that, surprisingly, resemble some of the practices used by modern ...