A map of the ancient Silk Road that dates from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is unrolled by antiquities preservation personnel. The historic, 30-meter-long map, painted on silk, was donated on ...

The Jiayu Pass is not only a pass standing at the western end of the Ming Dynasty-era Great Wall, but a vital pass on the ancient Silk Road with a history of over 600 years. Originally built to ...

Once again, however, the map does not fully recreate the Silk Route as it does not show the forking of the road toward India. It reflects our reality even less, however, as it also ignores the CPEC.

At that time, Kargil was known as an important hub on the Treaty Road – a branch of the old Silk Road that connected China to Central Asia via Kashmir. "Kargil has always been tied to many parts ...

The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the next UNESCO World Heritage site.

The so-called Silk Road is not actually a physical road, but rather an unmarked network of passages through towering mountains, great rivers and prohibitive deserts.

They may even date back further, to the late Western Zhou Dynasty, of between 1046 and 771 BCE. The Great Wall of China ...

Constructed over two millennia, the Great Wall of China, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, stands as a testament to Chinese ambition and history. Built by successive dynasties to defend ...