Two major archaeological sites along the ancient Silk Road opened to the public in northwest China on Thursday, the first day of the May Day holiday, offering new choices for travelers keen to ...

Deniz Ünsal, board member with the society, said the organization chose the imagery of the Silk Road to explore the vastness of Asia. “It’s a big continent — from east to west, south to ...

Two dormant Silk Road-linked wallets on May 5 moved 3,421 Bitcoin worth approximately $322.5 million. Whale Alert noted the wallets were first activated in July 2013, marking their first ...

Silk Road’s chef has serious chops (20 years in the game, including time at the first the most famous Chinese restaurant in Thailand), and the menu shows it. Think small plates like crystal ...

(Xi Jinping’s reaction was not recorded.) William Dalrymple does not deploy that Sanskrit phrase in “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World.” But his audacious book’s aim ...

Using slides of objects from the exhibition Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, Gansu and Ningxia, 4th to 7th Century, students will generate word maps that act as creative ...

2023 marks the 35th anniversary of the UNESCO Silk Roads Programme which was launched to preserve and promote the shared legacy of the cultural, scientific, and commercial exchanges which occurred ...

Overwhelmed by crises in Europe and the Middle East, Washington may be tempted to see the unfolding crisis as a secondary concern. That would be a profound mistake. Open conflict has erupted ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road ...