The "Silk Road" refers to a series of routes that crisscrossed Eurasia from the first millennium B.C.E. through the middle of the second millennium ... and ended on the eastern shores of the ...

The modern world’s pet cats are products of a long process of domestication and trade. It began some 10,000 years ago in ...

Simultaneously, the demand for precious Eastern ... of the Silk Road’s pioneer Zhang Qian himself and the Bin County Cave Temple – a wondrously ornate Buddhist temple in the middle of the ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.

after the Silk Road opened, providing a connection between Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Margilan, along with other cities like Kokand and Namangan, became a major centre for silk ...

The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central ... geographical region between the east and west of Eurasia and ...

Dubbed the “New Silk Road,” this transcontinental network — envisioned to link Mumbai to Marseille via the Middle East — has reignited momentum as key stakeholders, including India ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two ... Several cities emerged along the route but "once trade between East and West moved onto boats, many of ...

The newly reinstalled arts of China gallery on NOMA’s third floor showcases works spanning over 5,000 years, dating back to ...

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This is the first documented case in history where this material has been used to pigment teeth, leading experts to nickname the woman the Red Princess of the Silk Road. Her skeleton showed traces of ...