Fly above Xinjiang, a vast and diverse region in western China, where rugged mountains, vast deserts, and vibrant cities ...

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A new study reexamines China’s ancient Xiaohe boat burials, revealing fresh insights into Bronze Age funerary rituals in ...

When geographer Sven Hedin set out from the city of Khotan (today Hotan) in western China, he expected to find ruins from an ancient town—but much more lay hidden in the desert sands.

More than 1,500 years ago, followers of Buddhism started painting art inside a string of caves, threading through the desert of northwestern China. In some cases, they chiseled elaborate statues ...

Fabrics dating to the 7th century CE discovered in the Araba desert. Has an Israeli Silk Road to the Far East been discovered? A recent excavation at the Nahal Omer site in the Araba revealed a ...