Though The Old Royal Road may seem like a relatively sparse area early on in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the area hides some secrets. After you’ve made your way through the prologue of ...

(The controversy behind this Silk Road city’s ancient wonders. Oasis trade hub After several weeks, Stein established that as many as 14 Buddhist temples had once dominated the town.

The Silk Road wasn’t actually a road. Even the name for it came from the 19th century and doesn’t really reflect the nature of trade on this historic route, says Amanda Respess, an assistant professor ...

As two ancient civilizations, China and Iran have been closely connected through the Silk Road since antiquity. Over 2,000 years ago, an envoy from the Han Dynasty led by Zhang Qian’s deputy visited ...

History's first superpower sprang from ancient Iran. Under the leadership of Cyrus the Great, Persia ruled the world's first true empire, centered in Iran and stretching from Europe to Egypt to India.

Braving the bleakest terrains and toughest bandits, these merchants trudged along the Silk Road up until A.D. 1453, when Ottoman taxes, tolls and boycotts blocked much of this trade between East and ...