Turpan used to be an important strategic point on the Silk Road. As early as two thousand ... The themes of the paintings are taken mostly from Buddhist tales, but they also reflect the close ...

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 ...

The Silk Road, a huge network of trade routes connecting ... It was used in burials, paintings, and even alchemy. Read more at Front Page Detectives. Get FRONT PAGE DETECTIVES delivered right ...

The Havighurst Center focused on the historical and contemporary cultures of the Silk Road during the academic years 2005-6 and 2006-7. As part of that focus, 15 Miami faculty received a ...

Ikuo Hirayama was a Japanese artist known for his nihonga style, particularly his silk road paintings of dreamy desert landscapes. Born in 1930 in Setoda-chō, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, he was ...

The Silk Road routes from China to the west passed to the north and ... incense and ritual fasting. The earliest wall paintings date back to the 5th century AD, with the older paintings showing scenes ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...

Tourists view murals in the Ya'er Lake Grottoes in the city of Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, ...

Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in northwest China's Xinjiang ... pottery, fabrics and paintings on silk have been unearthed. Since 2012, China has invested 29.79 million ...