A new genetic study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science revealed evidence of genetic admixture between ancient Central and East Asians, offering fresh insights into the lives of ...

the merchants of Venice. The Venetian writer, trader, and explorer Marco Polo travelled the Silk Road more than seven hundred years ago. Like Marco Polo, Dr Sam Willis wrote about his travels.

Over 1,400 years ago, they found their way onto the legendary Silk Road by padding alongside merchants, traders, and explorers. So how did these whiskered animals hitch a ride on one of history's ...

The city of Dunhuang, in north-west China, is situated at a point of vital strategic and logistical importance, on a crossroads of two major trade routes within the Silk Road network. Lying in an ...

Louis, US, who led the research. The two cities were likely important trading centers and fortresses protecting merchants traveling along the Silk Road, the authors say. "While typically seen as ...

In this final episode, they learn how Cairo became an influential cultural hub, as the Silk Road connected Egypt to China, Russia, India, Iraq and the Levantine merchants, controlling the spice ...

Quite likely, they hitched a ride along the Silk Road. A team of Chinese researchers ... It’s not improbable that merchants from the West could have carried cats on their journey to East Asia.