Turpan used to be an important strategic point on the Silk Road. As early as two thousand ... and Turpan again became a frontier town of China, serving as a stopover for merchants, monks, and ...

a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China’s Shaanxi province. The research laid the ...

A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk ... But it is China, the original Silk Road engine, that is emerging as the ...

Steer’s awe-inspiring photographs capture contemporary views of life along a series of 1,500-year-old trade routes.

URUMQI, 7 April (BelTA - China Daily) - Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region opened to the public for the first time on ...

The Silk Road was the first ... connecting the Far East, China, and Europe. These traders had to eat on the go, and the foods ...

China's first pet cats arrived in the country around 1,400 years ago — likely via the famous Silk Road trading route, ancient feline DNA reveals. This new research — hailed as a "knockout ...

URUMQI, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened to the public for the first time on Saturday.

Following AR (augmented reality) digital reconstruction efforts, the Ya'er Lake Grottoes in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang ... family during the ancient Silk Road exchanges.

Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened to the public for the first time on Saturday. The Ya'er Lake Grottoes ...