Using slides of objects from the exhibition Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China ... Students will appreciate the creativity and craftsmanship of artifacts from ancient ...

Ancient traders faced challenges and devised solutions that, surprisingly, resemble some of the practices used by modern ...

A Tang Dynasty tomb unearthed in northwest China has shed new light on the lives and heritage of the Sogdians, ancient traders who played a vital role in connecting cultures along the Silk Road. The ...

Silk was a key material in the development of the global trade network along the Silk Road. Due to the organic ... uncovered layers of ash and burned artifacts, such as bronze and jade, in eight ...

Silk was a pivotal material in the development of global trade along the Silk Road, which derives its ... layers of ash and burned artifacts, including bronze and jade, have been uncovered in ...

The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia that "facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas between people from China to Venice between the second century BC and ...

SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Jan. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from Great Wall New Media -- The Silk Road is an important ... for an in-depth discussion of ancient cultural exchanges.

Xi'an, Shaanxi province, is the starting point of the overland Silk Road, while Ningbo ... exhibition in Ningbo's history. Transporting these invaluable artifacts was a daunting undertaking.

French archaeologists have discovered artifacts and sites spanning multiple centuries, from the Late Bronze Age to the ...