The findings raise new questions about the urban development of Asia across the Silk Road and how the route might have driven innovation. "The high-resolution lidar images offer detailed views of ...

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is free after spending ... In that same photo the 40-year-old who'd been known as "Dread Pirate Roberts" on the dark web marketplace he founded was also seen ...

My rail tour through Central Asia—Jewels of the Silk Road, offered by Golden Eagle Luxury ... tiled ruins of the entrance portal (125 feet high, though centuries ago such edifices were twice ...

The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China ...

U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of dark web marketplace Silk Road. Rating: In early March 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened sweeping tariffs on imports from ...

Samarkand’s Silk Road past is woven into its present. At Registan Square, once a bustling marketplace, researcher Armida Nazaryan explains its role as a trade hub between East and West.