Every week, the news breaks of another art fair in the Middle East — but the Bukhara Biennial is the one to watch, says ...

This time we take a look at how the founder of the silk road, Ross Ulbricht was pardoned. This man pioneered one of the most prolific dark web markets in history and was taken down in the dumbest way ...

The revelation centers on a text called a "maqāma" - an Arabic literary genre featuring traveling tricksters - written by the poet and historian Ibn al-Wardi in 1348-49 in Aleppo, according to the new ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously ...

New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...

Now, gold lovers can feast their eyes on more gold objects at the ongoing Radiance: Ancient Gold Ornaments from the ...

China has repackaged Xinjiang into a tourist haven, touting "ethnic" experiences that activists say it's trying to erase.

On November 1, 2025, “The Healing Path” has its global premiere on the Phoenix Satellite TV’s omnimedia platform. After a ...

Archaeologists in China have just reported on the discovery of a 1,700-year-old cemetery along the old Silk Road consisting of magnificent tombs that contain carvings of the four mythological symbols ...

Travel through Xinjiang’s ancient Silk Road markets, where tandoori bao sizzle against the walls of clay ovens. This video captures every detail; the kneading, stuffing, and blistering heat that turns ...

A young woman buried in China’s Tarim Basin some 2,000 years ago went to the afterlife accompanied by the height of fashion. The woman, who was wrapped in a felt blanket and buried in a coffin ...

China is one of the world’s most fascinating—and frequently misunderstood—countries. Stretching more than 3,000 miles—from the frostbitten ice festivals of Harbin in the north to the breezy, ...