Pages from of one of the oldest Qurans in existence are among the historical treasures on show at the “The Splendours of Uzbekistan’s Oases” exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Nineteenth-century geographers imagined the Silk Road as a one-way highway across Asia. The British Museum’s “Silk Roads” sets the exotica of camels, caravans, silks and spices in a web of ...

Art World Justin Sun Gives $6.2 Million Banana to Notorious Silk Road Founder. The conceptual artwork passes into the hands of another crypto hero with ties to president Donald Trump.

In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we uncover Samarkand’s enduring legacy—where Silk Road traders once gathered, artisans still craft silk paper, and ancient murals reveal lost ...

Art & Exhibitions British Museum’s Splashy New Show on the Silk Road Meets With Controversy. A much-lauded art historian argues that India gets drastically short shrift in the exhibition, which ...

Walking the Silk Road, where globalization got started. The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days.

The Silk Road was not just one, but many trade routes through Central Asia, as shown on this large wall map adorning a restaurant near Qongirot, Uzbekistan. Photograph by John Stanmeyer, Nat Geo ...

Dunhuang holds a special place in the history of the ancient Silk Road, evolving through centuries of exchanges between Chinese civilization and numerous global cultures. With nearly 2,000 years of ...

Silk Road of Art: Chinese cultural treasures from Shanghai to Jakarta. An exhibition of Chinese arts and crafts symbolizing the close connections between China and Indonesia.

Uzbekistan’s tradition of silk production has been a hallmark of its cultural and economic landscape for millennia, with deep roots tracing back to the ancient Silk Road.