Two medieval cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan were bustling centers of Silk Road trade ... along the Silk Road and beyond. "We could really change the map of urban development in medieval ...

The Registan is the square in the heart of the ancient Silk Road hub of Samarqand, now a World Heritage site in Uzbekistan. Restoration of its medieval architecture began decades ago under the ...

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, Africa ...

The world is full of incredible places to visit ... Uzbekistan, an ancient state along the Silk Road, now has danger zones despite previously being problem-free. The same applies to parts of ...

The 8th-century Shôsôin collection of objects, which originally belonged to a Japanese emperor, is the single most important group of Silk Road-related luxury items still in existence. This collection ...

At one point, Japan was the world's biggest exporter. On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Sheila Cliffe from the UK follows the Silk Road from northern Kanto, once a major production area ...