The ancient discovery that put a Silk Road city back on the map
After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...
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New Scientist recommends the British Museum's Silk Roads exhibition
Until recently, my vague idea of the Silk Road, the trade link from ancient east Asia to the West, was of camels crossing ...
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Xi'an Silk Road: Legend of Camel Bell Show
The Legend of Camel Bell is a 60-minute theatrical performance created for President Xi Jinping, depicting the historical and cultural significance of the Silk Road. While other shows in Xi’an ...
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On the Ancient Silk Road, a Walk Shadowed by a Mystery
The city, now the country’s capital, was long a stopping place for camel caravans plying the Silk Road. Stretching from parts of Kazakhstan to southern Uzbekistan: an infamous desert the size of ...
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Why everything you think you know about the Silk Roads is wrong
The idea of the Silk Road, as co-curators Sue Brunning, Yu-Ping Luk and Elisabeth O’Connell note, may conjure up images of camel caravans crossing desert dunes, and of merchants trading silks ...
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The Corridor of Culture
Conjuring up images of merchants on camel-led caravans ... the mere mention of the Silk Road to any medieval adventurer would have them wide-eyed with wonder. This transcontinental trading ...