Editor’s Note: Sumnima Udas is CNN’s presenter of ‘The Silk Road: Past, Present, Future’, an epic journey from east to west along the ancient trade route, exploring how traditional culture, arts, and ...

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The Silk Road, from the Mediterranean to the Far East, was once among the most important trade routes in the world. It remains an iconic "crossroad" for East-West relations, but the countries it ...

Archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-year-old Shang city in Southern China, making it the oldest ever found in the region of Lingnan, famous for marking the departure point of the Silk Road. At the top of ...

There was strange trouble at Glen Park Library on the first of October, an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday, in what's otherwise one of the quietest buildings in San Francisco. Around 3 p.m., a ...

The Silk Road conjures up images of distant lands, trails of camels, exotic spices and fabrics - and now you can travel the route by rail. A chartered special train, the Orient Silk Road Express, ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. For a thousand years, horses and silver passed through the city ...

LANZHOU, 2 May (BelTA - Xinhua) - Two major archaeological sites along the ancient Silk Road opened to the public in northwest China on Thursday, the first day of the May Day holiday, offering new ...

Archaeologists in Aravah excavated ancient “trash mounds” and found discarded silk, cotton and other fabrics, remnants of silk road trade. Photo from the Israel Antiquities Authority Filled with food ...

The 4,600km rail trip through Central Asia takes in ancient cities, markets and mosques in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan The Silk Road conjures up images of distant lands, trails ...

The name ‘Silk Road’ evokes images of Marco Polo and endless camel caravans stretching from Beijing to Baghdad and on to the Venetian Lagoon. But the fact is there was no single, definitive trail.