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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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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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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In Fergana's artisan workshops, the legacy of the Silk Road lives on
When Silk Road trade reached its peak between the 3rd ... which received nearly 200 tonnes of Margilan silk carried by 1000 camels in the 1860s. Despite Soviet industrialisation in the 20th ...
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A Long Way Away in a Yurt
But here I was in the Kyzle-Kum desert near the Kazakh border, morning sun turning the sandy hills gold, the Silk Road not ...