In 1978, a year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Russian archaeologist ... At the time of the burials, Bactria was on the Silk Road that linked China with the West, a region ...

Washington may have troops in Afghanistan, and Moscow may be hoping to reaffirm its grip on the region with its Eurasian Economic Union. But it is China, the original Silk Road engine, that is ...

My rail tour through Central Asia—Jewels of the Silk Road, offered by Golden Eagle ... shares a more-than-800-mile border with Afghanistan, and one side effect of the government's perhaps ...

Richard Holbrooke, the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP), wanted no part of it either. Since nobody else in Washington wanted to develop policy for a New Silk Road either ...

Inida's famous monk also came to central China's Henan through Pakistan and Afghanistan, Silk Road in 147 AD and 401 AD respectively, to translate Buddhist books and enroll thousands of disciples.

Over 2,000 years ago, Zhang Qian traveled to the Western Regions, opening up the Silk Road and building a bridge for economic and cultural exchange across Eurasia. Today, the love story of an ...

Painter Ikuo Hirayama (1930-2009), who painted Silk Road landscapes throughout his career, visited Afghanistan in 1968. He traveled there to see huge images of Buddha carved into a rock face ...

Over 1,400 years ago, they found their way onto the legendary Silk Road by padding alongside merchants, traders, and explorers. So how did these whiskered animals hitch a ride on one of history's ...

He remained in Afghanistan for more than a decade ... A distinctive horseshoe-shaped bar featuring wine, beer and Silk Road- ...

For five thousand miles the Silk Road ran all the way from China’s ancient capital, through Central Asia. It passed through mythical cities such as Samarkand or Persepolis until it reached the ...

Silk Road used ‘anonymity layers,’ digital ... Jeffrey Brown visits the relics that have survived the tumult of recent history in Afghanistan.