Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...

Including ruins revealing the artistry of ancient Chinese porcelain and cultural exchanges along the Silk Road, a total of 30 ...

Indian architecture has had a profound influence on Chinese architecture, thanks to centuries of cultural and spiritual ...

Isolated in the middle of the desert or atop a remote outcropping, these settlements appear like surreal visions sitting in ...

Explore Asia's ancient cities, including Varanasi, Xi'an, Kyoto, Angkor, Bagan, Kathmandu, Petra, and Lhasa. Discover their ...

The ritual use of jade dominated China for millennia, and Qing rulers preserved the tradition, using jade for royal documents ...

Nineteenth-century geographers imagined the Silk Road as a one-way highway across ... encompassing the spread of Christianity and Buddhism, and the rise of Tang China and Islam.

bypasses India," said Dalrymple, challenging the conventional understanding of the Silk Road and emphasizing ... The book also explores how Buddhism, Hinduism, and mathematics were instrumental ...

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and Dunhuang Academy​ have signed a strategic partnership to expand cultural, touristic, and heritage collaborations between Saudi Arabia and the People’s Republic ...

According to the Chinese zodiac, the Year of the Snake -- which will begin on Jan 29 -- represents wisdom, transformation and ...