Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis atop mountains, providing new insights into life along the ancient trade route. “This changes everything we thought we knew.” ...

A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road. It wasn’t a single road but a network ... Society Grant Your National ...

This story appears in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic ... trade goods and exported them by sea. Working in shifts until the monsoon stopped them, a team of divers retrieved the ancient ...