Chef Fadi and historian Kotoz learn about Silk Road merchants who brought exotic spices to Europe and the Arab world.

A new genetic study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science revealed evidence of genetic admixture between ancient Central and East Asians, offering fresh insights into the lives of ...

Over 1,400 years ago, they found their way onto the legendary Silk Road by padding alongside merchants, traders, and explorers. So how did these whiskered animals hitch a ride on one of history's ...

The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise ...

In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we uncover Samarkand’s enduring legacy—where Silk Road traders once gathered, ...

The two cities were likely important trading centers and fortresses protecting merchants traveling along the Silk Road, the authors say. "While typically seen as barriers to Silk Road trade and ...

The Silk Road wasn’t a camel rut worn in the steppe ... and sophisticated crossroads between East and West, a magnet for merchants and intellectuals who came here to exchange goods and ideas.

For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient capital of Xi’an to witness its magnificence travelled via the Silk Road. Now a UNESCO World ...

the merchants of Venice. The Venetian writer, trader, and explorer Marco Polo travelled the Silk Road more than seven hundred years ago. Like Marco Polo, Dr Sam Willis wrote about his travels.

The resource-rich subcontinent supplied great wealth to those merchants who trekked over the Silk Road and sailed the Indian Ocean. Part 1: Roman Merchant As a Roman trader you have just one goal ...