A Chinese-Uzbek archaeological team has discovered a remarkable 3,000-year-old city along the Silk Road ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Registan square in Samarkand, an iconic landmark, where historically, people gathered to hear royal proclamations, heralded by ...

Under Xi Jinping, archaeology has become yet another domain through which the Chinese government has increasingly sought to expand its geopolitical influence. Evidence—whether objective or ...

The 4,600km rail trip through Central Asia takes in ancient cities, markets and mosques in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan The Silk Road conjures up images of distant lands, trails ...

SAMARKAND (Reuters) - I had a smile on my face as I strode across the tarmac of Samarkand airport, for I had arrived at last in the city I had toiled for four years to recreate as a novelist. My ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China sought to put a gentler face on its massive plan to recreate the old Silk Road at a summit that ended on Saturday, saying it must do more to explain the programme and boost ...