The first museum in Afghanistan was established in 1919 at the Bagh-i-Bala palace overlooking Kabul, and consisted of manuscripts, miniatures, weapons and art objects belonging to the former royal ...

A North-South trade route existed in Asia long before the East-West Silk Road appeared: many Chinese items such as mirrors and pieces of silk fabric were found in tombs in Southern Siberia. The Indus ...

Throughout history the legendary Silk Roads have drawn people from all over the world for trade, discovery, and adventure. Crossing Eurasia over thousands of kilometers on land and sea, these routes ...

This is a study of the activities and economic significance of the Indian merchant communities that traded across Iran, Central Asia and Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries, and their role within ...

Located in the North Western Borneo Island, on the coast of South China Sea in Southeast Asia, the region we know today as Brunei Darussalam was deeply influenced by the Maritime Silk Roads in the ...

A collection of 22 invaluable original documents including imperial edicts issued by the Yuan Emperors, religious edicts issued by the Imperial Preceptors and orders from Tibetan political rulers ...

The strong man is standing with a slight lean, his entire stance giving the impression of extreme anger, wearing a helmet and armor, his eyes are wide open; his right arm is slightly lifted and the ...

This shipwreck was discovered in 1984, near Wando-gun, Jeollabuk-do in South Korea. The shipwreck is the first local Korean vessel to be fully excavated under water. Almost 30,000 artefacts have been ...

Cities grew up along the Silk Roads as essential hubs of trade and exchange, here merchants and travellers came to stop and rest their animals and begin the process of trading their goods. From Xi’an ...

The Chinese began to forge links with and travel to many countries in Southeast Asia from early times. This can be seen from archaeological finds across the region and is recorded in the literature of ...

The Azerbaijani Mugham is a traditional musical form, characterized by a large degree of improvisation. The Mugham, though a classical and academic art, draws upon popular bard melodies, rhythms and ...

The memory of the Suez Canal, which is recorded in documents, rare books, photographs, paintings,etc, is dispersed between different institutions in different countries, such as Suez Canal Authority ...