Silk Road Archive
Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Jiaohe (in Chinese: 'where two rivers meet') is considered one of China's oldest, largest, and best-preserved earthen cities. It was built 2,300 years
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists say they have uncovered the first evidence of an unknown ancient 'Silk Road' in Israel. Scientists say they have discovered an unknown
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Uplistsikhe (today in ruins) is a cave-town fortress, one of the oldest religious, political and cultural centers of present-day Georgia located at the crossroads
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Chinese Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -The Kunlun Mountain was a place of great importance to the ancient Chinese. The sacred mountain was the dwelling place of gods, goddesses, incredible
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Peng Jiamu was a great scientist and explorer who vanished during an expedition in China's Lop Nur, the "Wandering Lake." It is a hostile
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Triskelion is a mysterious ancient symbol that has never been explained. It has been found in Christian, Buddhist, Islamic, and Jewish contexts. Tri-Spiral
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This tapestry was unearthed during excavations in 1983/84 at an ancient burial site in the Tarim Basin's oasis settlement of Sampul (or Shanpula)
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sir Aurel Stein (1862 – 1943), British archaeologist, explorer famous for his archaeological discoveries in Central Asia, was fascinated by the history of the
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