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This epic new luxury train will take you across 5 countries along the Silk Road
GeoEx’s 22-day journey from China to Uzbekistan features ancient wonders, desert adventures, and high-end comfort aboard the ...
Golden Eagle and GeoEx have partnered to offer a remarkable 22-day luxury train trip from China to Uzbekistan, with onboard ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This painting from the bottom of a bowl is one of the earliest depictions of a cat from China, ...
Cleveland filmmaker Johnny Wu launches a hands-on showcase featuring Tang Dynasty armor replicas at Solon’s Lunar New Year ...
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People in China kept leopard cats as pets for 3,500 years, before domestic cats arrived via the Silk Road
No one wants to live in a world without cats, but for a period of about 600 years, this was the sad reality for the people of ancient China – until the Silk Road brought them their first domestic ...
Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennium ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, they hitched a ride along the Silk Road. A team of Chinese researchers has ...
Delicate paper flowers, cut, painted, and layered like small rosettes, survived for roughly a millennium after being sealed inside a cave on China’s Silk Road. The discovery is a reminder that ...
It was China’s desperate need for good warhorses that spawned history’s most famous trade network, animals it paid for in silk and then tea.
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