Zhang Qian (ca. 164 BC - 114 BC) was an influential diplomat of China's Western Han Dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD) and one of the pioneers of the Silk Road. (File Photo) ...

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 ...

Tomb of Zhang Qian is seated at Bowang town of Chenggu county, Shaanxi Province. It was constructed in the shape of “凸”，with a height of 8 meters, and a length of 15 meters ranging from ...

A map (left) of the Silk Road during the Western Han Dynasty. Another map (right) showing the location of the newfound burial (red triangle). The black triangles are cinnabar mines.