The city, now the country’s capital, was long a stopping place for camel caravans plying the Silk Road. And where is the Qizilqum? Stretching from parts of Kazakhstan to southern Uzbekistan ...

The two natural candidates are the region’s historical powers, China and India, which were the world’s largest economies from ...

and before long, cats were all over the country. Today's Japanese maneki-neko, the famous "beckoning cat" statue, is a distant tribute to these early Silk Road travelers who made Japan their home.

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two ... "creates topographical images by measuring how long it takes a laser beam to travel between the camera ...

The Silk Road was the first great globalization scheme ... Before the discovery of these long yellow millet noodles, the ...

As the road spans so many countries and landmarks, the process of becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site has been a long one. Originally, in 2008, China identified 48 sites along the Silk Road that ...