The Silk Road wasn’t a single road, but a vast network of land and sea trade routes connecting China to the Mediterranean.

The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian Empire of ancient Persia, and the Kushan Empire which ...

Easy-to-transport foods, like noodles and dumplings, were necessities along the trade route The post Stir Fried: How the Silk ...

Crossroads: The Beliefs and Arts of the Kushan Dynasty is an exhibition about an important period in the Silk Road's development.

Meet the 5 Amazing Empires That Once Ruled Over India Key point: These great kingdoms show what ancient and mighty civilizations could accomplish. It is a shame they are not better known around ...

Benjamin Shull reviews “China’s Asian Dream: Empire Building Along the New Silk Road” by Tom Miller.

The remains of six Kushan Empire buildings and 25 ancient tombs were discovered through the joint efforts of Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists.

The typical pottery of this age (Shaka-Kushan age) was red ware both in plain and polished form. It was similar to red pottery with thin fabric discovered in Kushan Empire in Central Asia.

Forged under the Kushan Empire, which once stretched across what’s now Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India, the frieze may have had ceremonial significance, according to the Antiques Trade ...