The dig in Surxondaryo, a region in southern Uzbekistan, uncovered a “significant number” of artefacts and dozens of burials from the Kushan Empire, a vital hub on the Silk Road, according to ...

Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists have completed the first phase of a joint project to excavate the remains of an ancient empire on the Silk Road. The dig in Surxondaryo, a region in southern ...

An ongoing exhibition at the Shanghai Museum focuses on a key moment in the development of the Silk Road. Zhang Kun reports . Crossroads: The Beliefs and Arts of the Kushan Dynasty is an ...

Now, as China pours funding into Silk Road research, they are quietly transforming our understanding of the ancient world. ... As the tomb was confirmed to date from the early days of the Kushan ...

Raoul McLaughlin also delves deeply into Rome's trade ventures through the Tarim territories, which led its merchants to the Han Empire of ancient China. Having established a system of Central Asian ...

A discovery of artifacts, recovered from a 2,000-year-old burial mound, shows off a little-known society’s sophistication and deep connections to the Silk Road.

Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists have completed the first phase of a joint project to excavate the remains of an ancient empire on the Silk Road. The dig in Surxondaryo, a region in southern ...