For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient capital of Xi’an to witness its magnificence travelled via the Silk Road. Now a UNESCO World ...

Oil replaced many commodities once traded along the Silk Road, but low prices have led ... and thorn scrub presents a formidable barrier to travel. It certainly has stopped me.

We inched through traffic along the city's tree-lined main ... Samarkand is one of the most iconic cities of the Silk Road, and its most iconic site is Registan Square, where the awe that had ...

The humpback whale raised out of the water just feet from the boat, rolling and spy hopping for its fans. Documentary ...

In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we discover how Ulugh Beg, a 15th-century ruler and scholar, transformed Samarkand into a centre of astronomical excellence, leaving a legacy that continues to ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...

Travel to remote regions near the Maidanak ... with origins as a key stop along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route that connected east and west. Historically, it has been a melting pot of ...

But this bustling bazaar is not just a space for buying and selling—here, the legacy of the Silk Road comes alive, inviting you to explore a market where past and present converge in a symphony ...

Samarkand’s Silk Road past is woven into its present. At Registan Square, once a bustling marketplace, researcher Armida Nazaryan explains its role as a trade hub between East and West.