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Welcome to the Silk Road Virtual Museum Experience
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Locations Map
Afterlives Along the Silk Road
Death was a fate suffered by everyone who lived and travelled along the Silk Road. What happened next, depended on...
Caravanserai (0-1500)
Merchants and travelers along the Silk Road faced many dangers, but for stretches of the journey they could rely on...
Chess Along The Silk Road
The modern game of chess is a perfect example of cultural exchange along the silk roads. Starting in the North-West...
Heavenly Horses
Horses hold a distinguished place in Chinese culture, symbolizing power, speed, and celestial favour. Known as “heavenly” for their to...
Silk Along the Silk Road
Silk is a beautiful fabric but throughout this period it is only the rich and privileged that had access to...
Map Room 700-1500 CE
This exhibition shows world maps created between 700CE and 1500CE. But which worlds do they show – history, culture, religion...
This is a terrific opportunity to engage global audiences in the histories of Central Asia and the Silk Roads.
One of the things I find so fantastic is that the exhibition is interactive. Another is that it will appeal to both specialists and non-specialists, thanks to the high level of scholarship that underpins not only each individual object but also the collection as a whole.
What Richard has done is fantastic.