At head of title: International Union of Academies (Union académique internationale), Project 67: China and the Mediterranean World: Archaeological and Written Sources. This book contains a key study ...

The British Museum’s popular exhibition Silk Roads contains accounts of adventurous journeys from one end of the world to the other; however, the primary focus is to display an array of objects ...

As his journey around the world continues, writer Paul Salopek encounters the enduring spirits of one of history’s great trade routes.

Didactic paintings played an integral role in Manichaeism throughout its 1400-year history. Known as Mani's Picture, or Picture-Book, a collection of paintings was originally created in mid-3rd ...

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 ...