Khiva has been inhabited for more than 2,500 years. At the start of the 20th century, it had over 170 mosques and madrassas, ...

The Great Mongolian Road was once a pivotal east-west Silk Road route across the Gobi Desert (a camel caravan mainstay over 100 years ago), but the route had long been lost to time. Now, a secret set ...

A 72-year-old Moroccan endurance athlete and traveler has completed an extraordinary cycling journey across three continents to China, following the historic Silk Road route in a mission he says was ...

The Chinese dominated the silk trade for a long time by trading processed yarn but never sharing silkworms or eggs with the ...

The ancient world was shaped by these routes; merchants, priests, and saints travelled along them. The Spice Route and the ...