The Silk Roads were lined with successful trading outposts, which during times when the trade was prosperous grew to become ...

Excavations in Tajikistan have unveiled a city of merchant princes that flourished from the fifth to the eighth century a.d. An 8th-century A.D. mural unearthed at the city of Panjakent in modern-day ...

When workers in northern China cut into a hillside for a new road, they did not expect to open a window onto a world where a ...

Murals unearthed in a tomb in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province portray two hardworking professionals struggling to control animals. Dating to the early Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618–907), the murals ...

More than 6,000 miles from his native Tajikistan, where he faced censorship and the threat of imprisonment, linguist and historian Barakatullo Ashurov has completed what he regards as a very ...

Human history is peppered with lost civilizations, each shrouded in mystery and intrigue. These ancient societies left behind enigmatic artifacts and structures that continue to baffle modern ...

In the Gobi Desert of Northwest China, there is a place that appeals to all hearts: Dunhuang. Those who have visited often express a desire to return. The renowned scholar Ji Xianlin once said there ...

Central Asia has been home to various cultures and empires, and many of their materials remains can still be seen. One of the most important in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan is the Burana Tower. This ...

An exceptional silk shirt made by a skilled Sogdian craftsman is going up for auction at the end of April. The honey-golden color of the silk is decorated with ducks wearing flowing scarves while ...

Herodotus approached foreign cultures with curiosity and respect, making him a forerunner of the modern social anthropologist. Credit: Monsieurdl / Public Domain Herodotus of Halicarnassus is often ...