Old Remains of 'Red Princess of the Silk Road' Reveal Rare Belief That Souls Resided in Teeth The Silk Road, a huge network ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats ...

Per the study, China’s oldest known domestic cat lived in the central province of Shaanxi between 706 and 883, during the ...

Steve Nimis in the Department of Classics. The "Silk Road" refers to a series of routes that crisscrossed Eurasia from the first millennium B.C.E. through the middle of the second millennium C.E. The ...

A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road. It wasn’t a single road but a network of commercial routes that once ...

"Initially, cats were considered valuable exotic pets," said study co-author Shu-Jin Luo, according to Live Science. Upon ...

The findings raise new questions about the urban development of Asia across the Silk Road and how the route might have driven innovation. "The high-resolution lidar images offer detailed views of ...

TEHRAN – The 4th Silk Road International Youth Photography and Short Video Competition has opened a call for entries.

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.

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...

Beyond the romanticised imagery lies a complex narrative, revealing the term’s true origins, historical misperceptions and its contemporary implications in a ...