ASTANA – The Jibek Joly (Silk Road in Kazakh) train offers a five-day adventure across Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan for the ...

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Built by the China Bridge and Road Corporation, it was in many ways an engineering feat. A jaw-dropping 656-foot-high bridge ...

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Researchers have concluded that glass beads excavated from the tomb of a king in Fukuoka Prefecture were likely brought to Japan through the ancient Silk Road trade route network. A group of ...

In addition to being smooth and soft on the skin, silk is temperature-regulating and hypoallergenic, making it an excellent material to sleep in. And while it isn’t exactly known for being cheap ...

CHENNAI: Metro rail ... on key routes, including 20 (Broadway-Villivakkam), 27D (Foreshore Estate-Villivakkam) and 23V (Velachery-Villivakkam), which will now run via New Avadi Road to Nathamuni ...

Europe’s newest long-distance rail route is ready to get rolling. On 5 February, European Sleeper launched its overnight route connecting Brussels and Venice. But it’s more than a convenient ...

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