Follow the Silk Road, Book by Book Compiled by our contributors, a reading list for recreating the ancient trade route from the comfort of home.

A new book of photographs captures the landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once conveyed untold wealth between Europe and China.

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

Dunhuang, (China) June 8, GNA – China has launched the Silk Road Oriental Pop Up Book in the sacred city of Dunhuang, promoting its global cultural dialogue, and mutual learning for common ...

The book condenses Hou's decade-long journey across key spots along the ancient Silk Road landscapes like the Lop Nur in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Sofia Samatar's "The White Mosque," a singular memoir about a journey through Asia on the trail of a Mennonite sect, tracks a personal search as well.

Object Details Author Frankopan, Peter Notes "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. Contents The creation of the Silk Road -- The road of faiths -- The road to a Christian East -- The road to ...

Book review: Wandering the ancient silk road This novel about a Roman soldier guarding the Silk Road who is taken prisoner makes for compulsive reading due to its many colorful characters and twisting ...

Discussions of the Silk Road through Greece, Turkey, Iran, Ukraine, Arabia, Egypt, Spain, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have so far dominated history discussions.

After more than a decade of inspiring feature films, documentaries, books and podcasts, Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht will tell his story in an upcoming documentary he participated in from prison.