The 4,600-mile-long Silk Road was not one road, but a network of trade routes that took in snow-capped mountains, deserts, raging rivers, tree-shaded oases and fabled cities.

Recent infrastructure investments in Silk Road countries are putting the historic pathway back on the map. As Andrew MacLeod writes, a trip down the ancient route is not only a glimpse into ...

Easy-to-transport foods, like noodles and dumplings, were necessities along the trade route The post Stir Fried: How the Silk ...

From the East, and the old Silk Road . Skip to main content. WBUR. 90.0 ... This hour On Point, the Silk Road view of the world, again ... Arabia, Persia and India'- map in Linschoten's ...

Part 1: The New Silk Road. Beginning with the marvelous tales of Marco Polo’s travels across Eurasia to China, the Silk Road has never ceased to entrance the world.

China is building the world's greatest economic development and construction project ever undertaken: The New Silk Road. The project aims at no less than a revolutionary change in the economic map ...

The Silk Road was not just a single route, but a vast network of trade paths that connected Asia, Europe, and Africa for centuries. In this video, we unravel how the Silk Road actually worked ...

In T’s May 17 Travel Issue, four writers retrace the land routes of ancient explorers, looking at food, religion, art, poetry and silk-making. An earlier version of the map accompanying this ...

Part 1: The New Silk Road. Beginning with the marvelous tales of Marco Polo’s travels across Eurasia to China, the Silk Road has never ceased to entrance the world.

To enhance your trip, visit on Sunday afternoons, when members of the Silk Road Ensemble, the musical group spearheaded by Yo-Yo Ma, will play concerts at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30pm. —Julia Israel.