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

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Join National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita as he hosts a multi-media presentation on explorer Marco Polo on the 700th anniversary of his 13th century epic journey along the Silk Road from ...

What could be the outline for a blockbuster movie is nothing less than the biography of Marco Polo. Born in Venice in 1254, Polo traveled the Silk Road, a medieval trade route connecting Europe to ...

Click on to discover what you might not know about Marco Polo. Born in the Republic of Venice in 1254, Marco Polo was an explorer, trader, and adventurer who traveled through Asia along the Silk ...

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A newly translated book explores how international residents have shaped and recorded life in China’s ancient capital for ...

For a week we traveled the same Silk Road Marco Polo had centuries ago. Our first sign of trouble was when we tried to cross the border between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Under the old Soviet ...

Camels! Deserts! Caravans! Marco Polo! In fact, as with much of history, ‘the silk road’ was somewhat made up in retrospect to describe a less tangible phenomenon. The British Museum’s new ...

For a week we traveled the same Silk Road Marco Polo had centuries ago. Our first sign of trouble was when we tried to cross the border between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Under the old Soviet Union we ...