Five hundred and fifty-two A.D. Nestorian monks, who would later become Emperor Justinian, brought silkworm eggs to Europe by smuggling them out of China. As a consequence, the silk industry in the ...

Discover Jiangsu: ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Discover Jiangsu ... a branch of the Silk Road How were China's legions of terra-cotta warriors made? Experts have pieced it together.

Tugunbulak could have housed as many as 5,000 residents with the only source of food being pastured animals or what could be ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern ...

northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nurdun Esmayil is a master craftsman specializing in making Uygur folk musical string instruments like dutar, tambur, and satar. An important town ...

ISTANBUL, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Black Sea provinces of Türkiye highlight their key role in the ancient Silk Road, and experts believe ... route to the Black Sea for those coming from China, making ...

Nor was China, the alleged terminus of the Silk Roads in most versions of its ... risked their lives to make the dangerous journey to what was then the Oxford of ancient Asia: the great Buddhist ...

"The Buddhist art of Gandhara has amazed and puzzled modern observers since its rediscovery in the 19th century, for the ...

Golden Eagle Luxury Trains are also advancing with the new Golden Eagle Silk Road Express ... dining and silver service and a more intimate Chinese-style restaurant car with booth seating.