Italian trekker embarks on ‘Silk Road journey,’ sharing experiences in China with the world
After more than 850 days, traversing 14 countries across Eurasia, and covering 22,000 kilometers, some have called this ...
The Daily Telegraph22d
The ultimate adventure along the Silk Road
Equally important is the mythic legacy. We invoke the Silk Road when we talk of Marco Polo and Kubla Khan, of East and West, of modern-day China. In a globalised, interconnected world, it has the ...
The Daily Telegraph25d
Silk Roads: the British Museum’s multiculturalist mantra is becoming a boring obsession
The clue’s in the show’s title: via a network of trading routes that scholars used to call the “Silk Road”. If that phrase evokes exotic images of Marco Polo and two-humped camels laden ...
Time Out15d
Silk Roads
Camels! Deserts! Caravans! Marco Polo! In fact, as with much of history, ‘the silk road’ was somewhat made up in retrospect to describe a less tangible phenomenon. The British Museum’s new ...
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Stir Fried: How the Silk Road created the first Asian food diaspora
Easy-to-transport foods, like noodles and dumplings, were necessities along the trade route The post Stir Fried: How the Silk ...
Silk Roads at the British Museum and Asian Bronze at the Rijksmuseum — rewriting art history
Two landmark exhibitions reveal how Europe’s big institutions are rethinking their collections for the 21st century ...
India Today on MSN25d
Kublai Khan: Genghis Khan's grandson who united China and founded Yuan dynasty
His reign was pivotal in shaping the political map of East ... trade along the Silk Road, fostering an era of relative peace ...
L'Italo-Americano Newspaper17d
Seven hundreds years after Marco Polo’s death, a rare manuscript emerges from Foligno
A newly discovered manuscript of Il Milione, Marco Polo's famous account of his travels, has been found in the Biblioteca ...
The Upcoming23d
Silk Roads at British Museum
the Silk Road has captivated the romantic imagination. It is often romanticised as a mystical corridor where explorers like Marco Polo journeyed through deserts, mountains and ancient cities ...