Two cities have been found in Central Asia along what was formerly the Silk Road, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, "feature multiple ...

It took over two years, but divers in Sicily finally scoured a shipwreck off the island's south shore, and found lots of ...

It is difficult to find two countries that share as many similarities as Peru and China. As ancient civilizations both, they ...

Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis atop mountains, providing new insights into life along the ancient trade route. “This changes everything we thought we knew.” Lidar is ...

Using drone-based lidar, researchers mapped two medieval cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, in Uzbekistan, revealing detailed urban structures significant to the Silk Road's history. The first use of d ...

Open to the public since Oct 12 and running until Nov 10, and taking the Silk Road as its theme, the exhibition, Endless ...

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 ...

[Photo/Xinhua] The memory and inspiration of the Silk Road, a series of ancient trade routes stretching from China to Europe, provide an attractive platform for cultural exchange between countries ...

The medieval cities are among the largest ever documented in the mountainous parts of the Silk Road, the vast network of ancient trade routes that connected Europe and Eastern Asia. Images and ...