Trade routes have been the lifeblood of civilizations for thousands of years, connecting cultures, economies, and people across continents. This video offers a detailed map-based summary of the ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum dedicated to one of the fabled route's final traders.

The Silk Road conjures images of caravans, desert steppes and adventurers like Marco Polo navigating the ancient trading routes connecting China with India, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. China’s ...

If you ask me, as an archeologist, the foundations of Silk Road can be traced back to the Bronze Age. But the peak of this exchange we date to the medieval period, between the 6th century and the ...

Lost Silk Road cities were just discovered with groundbreaking tech. Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis atop mountains, providing new insights into life along the ancient ...

We’re celebrating dishes that were connected by the Silk Road,” he says. The critical trade network connected Eastern and ...

Scientists Document Lost Mountain Cities on Silk Road in Uzbekistan By Will Dunham (Reuters) - In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have ...

Tombs unearthed in China's Xinjiang province along an ancient Silk Road trading route have revealed previously unknown secrets about burial customs in the country.

Archaeologists have mapped two lost Silk Road cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan that were inexplicably abandoned hundreds of years ago. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Silk Road refers to one of the world's largest overland trade routes – a network that spanned 6,400km connecting Europe to far East Asia. Although named for the Chinese silks that the Roman ...