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Few trade routes in history have had as big an impact on the course of the world's development as the Silk Road. One of the ...
A new book of photographs captures the landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once conveyed untold wealth ...
More than 20 illustrators at home and abroad, including Italy, France, Brazil and Singapore, worked together to create ...
Today, for designer Fan Yanyan, silk has once again become a medium of cross-border connection. Inspired by the mural art in ...
A new book recounts the last leg of a 40,000km Silk Road odyssey, revealing the age-old sights and sounds of the Middle ...
Fortunately, a brief scroll suffices. After a night in the quiet town of Tashkurgan, I catch a bus headed north for the historic Silk Road town of Kashgar, a five-hour drive away. Along the old ...
The World Silk Road Forum has announced the selection of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as the Inspirational ...
Samarkand’s Silk Road past is woven into its present. At Registan Square, once a bustling marketplace, researcher Armida Nazaryan explains its role as a trade hub between East and West. Nearby ...
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 ...
President Trump announced Tuesday that he has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website that the FBI once called "the most sophisticated and extensive criminal ...
By Aaron Couch Film Editor After more than a decade of inspiring feature films, documentaries, books and podcasts, Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht will tell his story in an upcoming documentary he ...
Ross Ulbricht is free, but unproven allegations against the Silk Road founder overshadow his well deserved pardon in some corners of the internet. Ross Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison without ...