In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we explore Uzbekistan’s culinary heritage, from Tashkent’s food markets and plov centre to a mountain village famous for its seasonal samsa. Uzbekistan ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

David Kaplan has been working with silk for decades, molding and shaping it into scaffolds, sponges, and films. His lab, the Kaplan Lab, is strewn with the substance, stacked with cases of silk ...

San Antonio nonprofit Culturingua translated a voter guide to Arabic in hopes of increasing voter turnout in the May 3 ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Over 2,000 years ago, Zhang Qian traveled to the Western Regions, opening up the Silk Road and building a bridge for economic and cultural exchange across Eurasia. Today, the love story of an ...

Hundreds of festivals take place every year along the lengths of the Silk Roads. From social and cultural rituals and religious ceremonies to sporting events and artistic displays, festivals embody ...

The Republic of Iraq is located in an area once home to the some of the earliest known civilizations. Tragically, it now ranks as one of the world’s worst places to be a child, where millions of ...

The enthusiasm is not limited to students in the Chinese language department. Hero, a graduate of English literature from the University of Sulaimani, speaks fluent English, Kurdish, and Arabic. For ...

Nvidia points to fears that the spread of Chinese-subsidised, Chinese-built, datacentres under the ‘’Digital Silk Road’ initiative could export Chinese standards, surveillance capabilities and ...