Uzbek law had to be changed to allow the country’s most prized artefacts to travel to the UK: detail from the south wall of the ‘Hall of the Ambassadors’ in ...

The history of the Silk Road, a vast network of ancient and medieval trade routes connecting Beijing and Hangzhou with Constantinople and Cairo, has mostly been focused on its endpoints: China and the ...

Explore the Silk Road's historical significance as a transformative trade network shaping cultures, ideas, and economies across continents.

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. The creation of the Silk Road -- The road of faiths -- The road to a Christian East -- The road to revolution -- The road to concord -- The road of furs -- ...

Traversed centuries ago by camel-back traders, two long-lost medieval cities that once thrived along the ancient Silk Road have been uncovered by drones sent searching for their secrets. For centuries ...

At the Crossroads of Central Asia : The Kingdom of Kroraina -- Gateway to the Languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the Kizil Caves -- Midway Between China and Iran : Turfan -- Homeland of the ...

Once a crossroads of empires and ideas, Uzbekistan remains one of the best-preserved witnesses to the Silk Road’s influence on architecture, learning and spiritual life.

A new book of photographs captures the landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once conveyed untold wealth between Europe and China. The courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, ...

The name ‘Silk Road’ evokes images of Marco Polo and endless camel caravans stretching from Beijing to Baghdad and on to the Venetian Lagoon. But the fact is there was no single, definitive trail.