A new book recounts the last leg of a 40,000km Silk Road odyssey, revealing the age-old sights and sounds of the Middle ...

Hidden in the towering mountains of Central Asia, along what has been called the Silk Road, archaeologists are ... used in archaeology—in the past few years it has helped uncover a lost Maya ...

My rail tour through Central Asia—Jewels of the Silk Road, offered by Golden Eagle Luxury ... miles through the city along leafy streets, past sidewalk cafés packed with chic locals, past ...

One little-noticed part of that vision: an effort to expand its reach into the very distant past. After decades of digging in their own backyard, Chinese archaeologists are now fanning out ...