The Mongols, who ruled a vast empire, safeguarded a northern Silk Road land route that crossed the Eurasian steppes. Sea routes, important for trade and for communication, may also be considered part ...

Archaeologists in Dongguan have uncovered the ruins of the Ming-era Nanhai Guard City Wall on February 25, 2025, spanning ...

Silk is a fiber composed of proteins, a secretion unique to certain creatures of the forests, fields and one sea. It gleams of the Earth’s magical abundance. In Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer ...

Another memorable sight is Fiery Mountain, meters below sea level. Another memorable sight ... Turpan used to be an important strategic point on the Silk Road. As early as two thousand years ...

Silk bolts — a 3rd-century buff one survives ... A shipwreck found in the Java Sea in 1998 yielded crucial evidence of transoceanic trade between China and the Persian Gulf in the 800s.

Trade over land and sea that began two thousand years ago led to the formation of The Silk Road. Join anthropologist Ian McIntosh as he takes viewers on a fascinating visit to some of the key ...