In his writings, Polo noted Khotan’s wealth as an outpost on the Silk Road, the route that once carried trade between China and the Mediterranean world. On January 14, 1896, a caravan left from ...

Marco Polo’s travels remain one of the most fascinating tales of exploration in history. This video provides a detailed, ...

Born in Venice in 1254, Polo traveled the Silk Road, a medieval trade route connecting Europe to Asia, between 1271-95, spending 17 of those years in China as a prominent figure in the flourishing ...

The silk that was traded on the Silk Road pretty much bankrupted Rome ... seems to have been a training ground for professional polo players. The trauma for the residents was remarkably similar ...

Despite its modern popularity the notion of a Silk Road was unknown before the 19th century. Marco Polo, the man now most closely associated with the road, never once mentions the term, even though it ...

PAESTUM, Italy, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Inspired by Marco Polo, who traveled to China along the ancient Silk Road more than 700 years ago, Italian traveler Vienna Cammarota set off from the legendary ...

Over two years ago, a woman in her 70s, a follower of Marco Polo, retraced her footsteps along the Silk Road. After more than 850 days, traversing 14 countries across Eurasia, and covering 22,000 ...