Dunhuang was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road, established in an oasis that contains Crescent ... Sanskrit became the lingua franca in much of Asia and left a permanent mark on the map from Balkh ...

This thrilling, wide-ranging exhibition maps the complex connections among European and Asian civilizations from A.D. 500 to ...

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

India is completely left out of the map. If you look at maps of the Silk Road, they bypass India ... So I didn't go back to Dunhuang [Suchow/Shazhou], but I went to more or less everywhere ...

The scene is reminiscent of the ancient times. Around 2,000 years ago, Dunhuang was a key hub on the ancient Silk Road. Chinese silk and tea passed through this gateway en route to other countries ...

NINGBO, China, Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In Ningbo, visitors can explore the Dunhuang Flying Apsara moving sand art ...

NINGBO, China, Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In Ningbo, visitors can explore the Dunhuang Flying Apsara ... tourism products at the 2024 Maritime Silk Road Culture and Tourism Expo, held ...

There are about 2,000 camels at the Mingsha Mountain outside Dunhuang, an ancient Silk Road oasis at the edge of the Gobi Desert in China’s Gansu province. Each camel, double-humped with a ...

A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang is made possible with support from The Klein Family Foundation and the Dunhuang Foundation.

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

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

Tugunbulak could have housed as many as 5,000 residents with the only source of food being pastured animals or what could be ...