The discovery reveals an unexpected connection to the ancient Silk Road.

Flash floods and years of unusual rainfall — likely linked to climate change — are degrading ancient cave art along China's historic silk road at a rapid pace. More than 1,500 years ago, followers of ...

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 ...

For hundreds of years, ships laden with porcelain, tea, and gold voyaged from China’s southern coast to Southeast Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe, on what was the oceanic part of the historic Silk ...

Delicate paper flowers, cut, painted, and layered like small rosettes, survived for roughly a millennium after being sealed inside a cave on China’s Silk Road. The discovery is a reminder that ...

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Centuries ago, Jingdezhen exported its ceramics, including exquisite blue-and-white porcelain, to Central Asia, West Asia, Europe and Africa via the ancient Silk Road, profoundly influencing the ...

More than 1,500 years ago, followers of Buddhism started painting art inside a string of caves, threading through the desert of northwestern China. In some cases, they chiseled elaborate statues ...