Some 40 km away, four caves of the Shengjinkou Grottoes in Turpan also opened to the public on Saturday, set to offer 300 visitor slots per day. The Shengjinkou site has 13 caves dating back to the ...

By Fabio Zuker Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Peru last November and inaugurated the Chancay Port, a megaproject rising ...

On the 'Golden Eagle' train in Central Asia, writer Maggie Shipstead follows the historic Silk Road and witnesses, in some ...

The Silk Road's history took a sudden turn after archaeologists discovered a series of hidden cities beneath Uzbekistan's ...

Different cultures follow different practices, especially when death arrives. Some believe in mummification, while some ...

Scientists have confirmed that the pigment used is cinnabar, a valuable mineral historically linked to religious rituals, art ...

Silk Road is a new Chinese restaurant inside a Courtyard by Marriott hotel where Thai chef Thawatchai Insingha serves the ...

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 ...

In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we discover how Ulugh Beg, a 15th-century ruler and scholar, transformed Samarkand ...

A MAJOR road is set to close for several months with diversion routes put in place – leaving locals bracing themselves for ...