Isfahan, one of three cities targeted in American military strikes, is home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a mosque that ...

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 ...

The ancient Greek city of Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan was discovered in the 1960s, but its demise has captivated archaeologists ...

A new book of photographs captures the landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once conveyed untold wealth ...

As a major highlight of the "China Tourism Year", an exhibition titled Silk and the Silk Road: From China to Kazakhstan also ...

Richard Quest explores the historic Silk Road trading hub of Samarkand, as well as the city’s famous Madrasas.

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 rocky road, we pass hundreds of ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of two medieval cities hidden in the grassy mountains of eastern Uzbekistan, challenging long-held assumptions about ...

As an archaeologist enamored with mountain history, I needed to learn more, so two years later, I found myself on the Zoji La in the footsteps of Silk Road traders who, like us, hoped to make it ...

The Silk Road refers to one of the world's largest overland trade routes – a network that spanned 6,400km connecting Europe to far East Asia. Although named for the Chinese silks that the Roman ...