Discover what made the Silk Road the world’s greatest trade network, connecting Asia, Europe, and Africa through commerce, culture, innovation, and the exchange of goods and ideas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People walk in front of the British Museum in London LONDON (Reuters) - A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk ...

For centuries the Arctic was a frozen barrier that ships could not cross, forcing global trade between Asia and Europe through southern routes like the Suez Canal. That assumption is beginning to ...

(Reuters) - In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route from the ...

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping called for further cooperation with Italy on Monday at a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying the two countries were the ends of the ...

New detection technologies have helped a team of American and Uzbekistani researchers map a pair of cities that were once part of the ancient Silk Road trade route across Asia. Aerial light detection ...

ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan has launched a new transit railway linking China to Europe, aiming to beat rival routes for journey time in the competition to handle a growing flow of goods along the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in London this week. Showcasing a range of artefacts including Chinese ceramics ...