The South Asian part of the old Silk Road is not shown in this map at all, for example. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is perhaps one of the most measurable, ...

2,200-year-old grave in China contains 'Red Princess of the Silk Road' whose teeth were painted with a toxic substance. ... A map (left) of the Silk Road during the Western Han Dynasty.

A new book recounts the last leg of a 40,000km Silk Road odyssey, revealing the age-old sights and sounds of the Middle Kingdom. Reading Time: 4 minutes. Why you can trust SCMP.

The Silk Road refers to one of the world's largest overland trade routes – a network that spanned 6,400km connecting Europe to far East Asia. Although named for the Chinese silks that the Roman ...

East-West trade is booming across the Caucasus and many are hailing it as the latest incarnation of the Silk Road or Great Silk Route, the overland supply chain that allowed the supply of Chinese ...

If you ask me, as an archeologist, the foundations of Silk Road can be traced back to the Bronze Age. But the peak of this exchange we date to the medieval period, between the 6th century and the ...