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.

Linking the two economic powerhouses were the Silk Road and its watery ... five kilns widely dispersed over China) suggest that these were export items made to order. Decorations show the ...

American researcher Neil Schmid, for example, developed a fascination with Dunhuang's Mogao Caves during his first visit in ...

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

At the archaeological site of Sanxingdui in Sichuan, China, a trove of items was found in a series of sacrificial pits that ...

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 2ndMicroshort Drama Conference was held during November 5-7 in Linping District of Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang ...

"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.

The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia that "facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas between people from China to Venice between the second century BC and ...