The trouble is this: what is shown on the map above is the old Silk Road, not the new one. ... Let me now consider the second map, which is, by the way, much more “historical. ...

These roads connected China, Mongolia, Persia, India, and stretched all the way across the mountains, deserts, and steppes of Central Asia to the Mediterranean.

The Silk Road was not just a single route, but a vast network of trade paths that connected Asia, Europe, and Africa for centuries. In this video, we unravel how the Silk Road actually worked ...

If you ask me, as an archeologist, the foundations of Silk Road can be traced back to the Bronze Age. But the peak of this exchange we date to the medieval period, between the 6th century and the ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum dedicated to one of the fabled route's final traders.

Lost Silk Road cities were just discovered with groundbreaking tech. Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis atop mountains, providing new insights into life along the ancient ...

A “mixed” memoirist’s Silk Road travelogue becomes a road map to sanctuary. Sofia Samatar’s new memoir, ‘The White Mosque,’ finds her on the Silk Road, ... her grandmother made her way ...

The Silk Road refers to one of the world's largest overland trade routes – a network that spanned 6,400km connecting Europe to far East Asia. Although named for the Chinese silks that the Roman ...