The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days. Salopek began his "Out of Eden" walk four years ago in Ethiopia.

We review three enthralling criminal indictments in the United States, which were published between 2013 and 2015 and related to the Silk Road darknet market. Piecing together information hidden deep ...

The world is full of legendary highways but none can compete with the Silk Road – the storied route set to fascinate the masses at the British Museum in a new exhibition (September 26 to ...

Now quiet, they were not in the Middle Ages when the corridors were places where craftsmen called canuts made and wove silk.

Silk fibres from a silkworm cocoon can be processed into various forms, ranging from gels, strands, sponges and blocks, through to foams and films 7,8,9,10,11,12.As shown in Fig. 1, the ...

The country’s ancient silk road history comes enriched with decades of Russian influence, […] The post This Stunning Silk ...

Italian archaeologist Marcella Festa surprised fellow participants of a recent salon about the Silk Road when asked to name the one artifact that she believes best epitomizes the trade route.

The Silk Road, like the Milky Way, is not, alas, an entirely literal entity. It’s a branding exercise, a way of making coherent a whole network of ancient trade routes that stretched east and ...

The British Museum opened a Silk Road exhibition for a media preview on Tuesday, showcasing over 300 objects, including items from 29 national and international institutions. Spanning from around ...

Wasatch Micro-Cap Growth-U.S. Strategy highlighted stocks like Silk Road Medical, Inc (NASDAQ:SILK) in its Q2 2024 investor letter. Silk Road Medical, Inc (NASDAQ:SILK) is a medical device company ...

Good ideas travel easilyand far along trade routes, and the Silk Road was no exception to that rule. A famous example of a Chinese invention that helped to transform the world is paper. Paper was ...

An aerial adventure along the world's most famous trade route, with drone visuals and satellite imagery bringing alive the rich history, long-lasting legacy and grandeur of the Silk Road.