Turpan used to be an important strategic point on the Silk Road. As early as two thousand years ago, a town called Jiaohe was built forth kilometers from today's town of Turpan. Jiaohe then was ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese ... It is not only an important transportation route connecting the ancient world, but also a synonym for economic and cultural exchanges between ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Some 40 km away, four caves of the Shengjinkou Grottoes in Turpan also opened to the public on Saturday, set to offer 300 visitor slots per day. The Shengjinkou site has 13 caves dating back to the ...

A textile worker demonstrates the weaving process at a vocational training center in Bursa, Trkiye, on April 17, 2025.

The road derives its name from the lucrative trade in Chinese silk carried out along its length, with the early origins of the route emerging during the Han Dynasty in 206 BC. This was ...

Steer’s awe-inspiring photographs capture contemporary views of life along a series of 1,500-year-old trade routes.