The site, which was shut down in 2013 alongside Ulbricht's arrest, was a notorious marketplace for illegal drugs, among other ...

The Silk Road was not just a single route, but a vast network of trade paths that connected Asia, Europe, and Africa for centuries. In this video, we unravel how the Silk Road actually worked—not just ...

Silk Roads, which opens at the British Museum next week and brings together an extraordinary group of images, artefacts and objects that reveal the interconnections that held much of the world ...

First entry into Anatolia, an important city on the Silk Road trade route in the Middle Ages. (Credit: Mazur Travel/Shutterstock) The Han Chinese court welcomed Western trade for one of the first ...

In fact, traces of the finished fabric made their way west well before the strategies of sericulture were smuggled out of China, inspiring an impressive network of trade known as the Silk Road. Though ...

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UNESCO is calling on young people around the world, aged 14 to 25 years old, to pick up their cameras and send their best photos to the 5th edition of our Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads contest.

Pardon is 'full and unconditional,' Trump says Silk Road allowed people to trade anonymously Drugs and illegal services were sold Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned ...

Fresh off receiving a “full and unconditional pardon” from President Trump, sparing him from two life sentences, Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht was spotted in a new photograph smiling broadly ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...