A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road. It wasn’t a single road but a network of commercial routes that once ...

It has been a hub of communications between China's Central Plain and northwestern China and an important point on the Silk Road that linked ... seventh century, the cliff broke in two and the ...

On the eve of Beijing’s May 2017 Summit on its New Silk Road strategy and plans ... So when Dave Petraeus leaves the picture, foreign policy problems once again become militarized and America ...

While tracing the ancient Silk Road through Central Asia on foot, National Geographic writer Paul Salopek was regaled with tales of these jinn. One night, under clear skies in the sprawling ...

Qiu Jian, head of the Gansu provincial cultural heritage bureau, revealed that global interest in the ancient Silk Road is steadily rising. "Through the gradual opening of more cultural heritage sites ...