The modern world’s pet cats are products of a long process of domestication and trade. It began some 10,000 years ago in ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats ...

The newly reinstalled arts of China gallery on NOMA’s third floor showcases works spanning over 5,000 years, dating back to ...

Beyond the romanticised imagery lies a complex narrative, revealing the term’s true origins, historical misperceptions and its contemporary implications in a ...

The Silk Road, a network of trade routes connecting ... a pattern of migration and integration characteristic of Sogdian history in China. The genetic duality found in this tomb illustrates ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...

Researchers found the remains of a woman over 2,000 years old in northwest China with red-dyed teeth thanks to the use of ...

India was the center of ancient trade, not China, historian William Dalrymple said, debunking popular historical claims at ...

"The place of the Silk Road in history - it's almost impossible to exaggerate its importance, I think, in the movement of peoples, the movement of goods, the transport of inventions in particular ...

As The Voyage of the Silk Road crescendoed to its peak, those familiar with Chinese regional culture might have found themselves haunted by the image of the rugged expanse of Shaanxi province's ...

TEHRAN – The 4th Silk Road International Youth Photography and Short Video Competition has opened a call for entries.