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 ...

Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...

Archaeologists have discovered a pair of “exceptional” lost cities along the fabled Silk Road, saying the find will change the understanding of the ancient trading network that stretched from ...

An archaeologist says "the history of Central Asia is now changing" with the discovery of two lost medieval cities, some ...

Builders have stumbled across a gateway to “Maritime Silk Road” that’s filled to the brim with ancient relics. The ...

Covering a distance of 1,300 miles, the world's longest ring road travels through 16 provinces to link up 10 major cities in a large Asian country.

Ancient traders faced challenges and devised solutions that, surprisingly, resemble some of the practices used by modern startup founders. Here are three strategies employed by Silk Road traders and ...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road ...

The settlement is the earliest known civilization in the area that provided the base point for the Maritime Silk Road. The Niuluchong site is in the Gongcheng Yao county, near the city of Guilin ...

While such a story is not backed by archaeological evidence, the city flourished as a trading centre a few centuries later, after the Silk Road opened, providing a connection between Europe ...

And when the city’s Fiesta celebrations overtake the city each spring, he hopes the district will host a Silk Road-themed event. "I think that this comes with the expectations for very ...