Hou Yanghong, a 37-year-old inheritor of the intangible heritage of Dunhuang stone powder painting, was originally from north ...

A city larger than many in Europe at the time was perched in the mountains.

The latest batch of major national polls and swing state surveys shows the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and ...

From the Tianshan Mountain landscape to the serenity of Bosten Lake, delve into ancient history at the Kizil Caves and the ...

The new research could change history's understanding of the sprawling trade network that connected Europe and the Middle ...

On the Silk Road, these lost twin cities may have sustained themselves in a foreboding landscape with metallurgy and commerce ...

The expansive exhibition, on view through February 23, looks at how commerce, ideas, and religion crisscrossed the world.

Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis atop mountains, providing new insights into life along the ancient trade route. “This changes everything we thought we knew.” ...

The first use of drone-based lidar in Central Asia revealed details of two newly discovered trade cities in the mountains of ...

Archaeologists have mapped two lost Silk Road cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan that were inexplicably abandoned hundreds ...

Once a vital trading port along the ancient Silk Road, Tacheng holds within its streets the echoes of centuries-old exchanges ...