After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...

Two medieval cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan were bustling centers of Silk Road trade between ... was one of the largest cities in central Asia during the early-medieval period.

The Greek colonies of Central Asia that had been left behind after the collapse of the empire of Alexander the Great had, by the 1st century BCE, largely converted from Greco-Roman paganism to ...

This secular Central Asian republic has a Muslim majority ... A double landlocked country on the Silk Road, Uzbekistan ...

At its geographic crossroads in Central Asia, where kingdoms of middlemen grew rich, the Silk Road’s goods flowed radially in all directions. North to the Russian principalities. South to Persia ...

He is the author of several books and articles including Religions of the Silk Road, Mughal India and Central Asia, and Conversations with Emperor Jahangir. In addition to his expertise on religious ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...

Located on the outskirts of the historic city of Samarkand, the Silk Road Samarkand tourist centre saw a 50% increase in ...

is the single most important group of Silk Road-related luxury items still in existence. This collection reflects the arts of the Mediterranean world, Persia, India, Central Asia, China, Korea and ...