During the May Day holiday, a scenic area in northwest China drew visitors seeking to explore its ancient way of life, ...

Two major archaeological sites along the ancient Silk Road opened to the public in northwest ... Dating back some 2,000 years to the Western Han Dynasty, the site back then served as a ...

Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 BC ... and in the process pioneered the route known as the "Silk Road" from Chang'an (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), through Xinjiang ...

The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days. Salopek began his "Out of Eden" walk four years ago in Ethiopia.

Zhao Xintong's name once again captured the spotlight of Chinese sports and the global snooker world when the 28-year-old lifted the World Snooker Championship trophy at the Crucible Theatre in ...

Dating back some 2,000 years to the Western Han Dynasty, the site back then served as a comprehensive post station for mail and information deliveries, as well as the reception of messengers, ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak around 500 years ago in a place called the Punjab. This is an area which spans ...