ASTANA — Beneath the streets of modern-day Turkistan lies the ancient settlement of Yassy-Turkistan, an archaeological ...

Easy-to-transport foods, like noodles and dumplings, were necessities along the trade route The post Stir Fried: How the Silk ...

There's a common misunderstanding that the Silk Road was merely an exchange between the West and East, but "Silk Roads" aims to spotlight the geographical reach of this ancient trade route and its ...

Chinese silk wasn't a dominant commodity in this trade, it was pepper, spices, ivory, cotton, gems, teak and sandalwood that were the focus.

East-West trade is booming across the Caucasus and many are hailing it as the latest incarnation of the Silk Road or Great Silk Route, the overland supply chain that allowed the supply of Chinese ...

New detection technologies have helped a team of American and Uzbekistani researchers map a pair of cities that were once part of the ancient Silk Road trade route across Asia.

China is spending nearly $1 trillion to rebuild the Silk Road China’s plan to build veins of trade over land and sea into Europe and Asia may be the most significant global economic initiative ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum dedicated to one of the fabled route's final traders.

KHORGOS, China -- Trade is thriving along the "modern Silk Road," which passes through a far-flung city on the border of China and Kazakhstan.

TASHKENT -In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route from the ...

Since the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Guangzhou in Guangdong Province has been a prominent port where Sino-foreign trade flourished, attracting numerous foreign merchants who traveled here along the ...