The Chinese government has initiated an ambitious plan to restore Xinjiang's old glory not by resurrecting its past, but by reimagining its future as a renovated bridge between East and West.And to ...

UZBEKISTAN MAY BE A LITTLE-HEARD-OF country and an even more improbable travel destination. But mention “Silk Road” and ...

History tells us that house cats weren't just lounging around ancient homes—they were globetrotters, too! Over 1,400 years ago, they found their way onto the legendary Silk Road by padding ...

“The Silk Road was a complicated complex representing in some cases actual pathways the caravans could traverse, but also general exchange between East Asia and Europe.