Business owners who represent the Silk Road cultural heritage district gathered ... Future fiesta events, food, art and dance ...

Silk Road used ‘anonymity layers,’ digital currency ... illicit substances using… A museum exhibit of ancient Afghan art demonstrates the country's rich and diverse culture.

At that time Silk Road entrepôts in Uzbekistan such as Khiwa, Buxoro, and Samarqand rivaled or even outstripped Europe in intellectual achievement. This was the Arab Golden Age of science ...

A shifting network of roads and pathways for trade that evolved over centuries, it enabled the exchange of cargo such as silk, spices, gems, furs, but also shared art, religion and technology. It is ...

Even in the Islamic world, where art usually avoided depicting living creatures, cats appeared in manuscripts and decorative patterns. Silk was one of the most valuable goods on the Silk Road ...

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 ...

While tracing the ancient Silk Road through Central Asia on foot, National Geographic writer Paul Salopek was regaled with tales of these jinn. One night, under clear skies in the sprawling ...