UNESCO is pleased to announce the winners of the second edition of the International Photo Contest "Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads".

The culture and trade wares of nomadic people served as important intermediaries between the diverse cultures and people of the Silk Roads.

This article is the second in a series on the spread of disease along the Silk Roads which examines the ways in which people have historically responded to illness and explores how we might approach newly arising challenges today.

This article explores the spread of plague, known as ‘the Black Death’, across the Silk Roads of the 14th Century CE.

Human settlements of various sizes have existed at the site of Merv, in what is today Turkmenistan, between the 3rd millennium BCE and the 18th century CE.