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 Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...

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 ...

Samarkand, once a bustling hub on the Silk Road, was also an epicentre of scientific discovery. In the 15th century, Ulugh Beg, a Timurid ruler and astronomer, built an advanced observatory where ...

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 ...