The Silk Road’s Enduring Romance, and Eternal Influence
Last May, when our known world was one way, we began planning these stories. By last month, when we were finishing work on this issue, the world was another way.
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Last May, when our known world was one way, we began planning these stories. By last month, when we were finishing work on this issue, the world was another way.
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In the city’s Muslim Quarter, meals are a celebration of globalization and ethnic diversity — and a lasting defense against erasure.
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For years, Silk Road travelers made the grueling trek past towering mountain ranges and ancient cities now lost to time. Centuries later, one writer attempts to retrace the journey.
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His image is so commonplace that you could believe it must always have existed — yet for six centuries after his death, he was never once depicted in human form.
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In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History
Central Asia was once home to several bustling trade cities. Today, traveling through them reawakens a distant, though not forgotten, past.
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How Silk-Making Represents a More Hidden Side of Georgia’s Past
The sumptuous craft was introduced along the country’s trade routes centuries ago. Even now, links to this delicate tradition still remain.
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Follow the Silk Road, Book by Book
Compiled by our contributors, a reading list for recreating the ancient trade route from the comfort of home.
The Silk Road: The Route That Made the World
In T’s May 17 Travel Issue, four writers retrace the land routes of ancient explorers, looking at food, religion, art, poetry and silk-making.
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