Silk Road Collection

Courtyard of the Temple of Bel, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates

Group of camels and four men posed in front of piles of sacks, logs in... between 1905 and 1915
Group of camels and four men posed in front of piles of sacks, logs in foreground, [Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915

Man on camel, buildings in background, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Man on camel, buildings in background, [Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Fruit stand, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Fruit stand, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early 20th-century

Camel caravan carrying thorns for fodder, Golodnaia Steppe, between 1905 and 1915
Camel caravan carrying thorns for fodder, Golodnaia (or Golodnaya) Steppe, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Camel loaded with sacks, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Camel loaded with sacks, [Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915. Camel laden with what is most likely grain or cotton. Camel caravans remained the most common means of transporting food

Caravan on the Silk Road. Detail from the Catalan Atlas. Found in the Collection of Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Bokhara chief giving audience, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Bokhara chief giving audience, 1844. A ruler holding a pipe recieves visitors in Bukhara, (in modern day Uzbekistan). From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V

The theatre, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, Palmyra grew up as an important caravan town on the old Silk Road

Upper Colonnade Street, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates

The Oval Piazza, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, Palmyra grew up as an important caravan town on the old Silk Road

The Tetrapylon, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, Palmyra grew up as an important caravan town on the old Silk Road

Wall painting from the Red Hall of the Palace in Varakhsha. Fragment. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Medieval Commerce (Asia). From The Historical Atlas. Artist: Shepherd, William Robert (1871-1934)
Medieval Commerce (Asia). From The Historical Atlas. Private Collection

Fragments of a Caftan Covered with a Silk Fabric with a Senmurv Pattern. (Moshchevaya Balka Burial M Artist)
Fragments of a Caftan Covered with a Silk Fabric with a Senmurv Pattern. (Moshchevaya Balka Burial Mound), Early 9th century. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Sind Valley, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

Street scene, Yarkand, c1890. Central Asian peoples in the Chinese town of Shache, also known as Yarkand. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII

History of Paper: 4, c1900. The paper trade at Samarkand (Turkestan). French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat

Gold coin of the Kushan emperor Vima Kadphises, 1st century
Gold coin of Vima Kadphises, a king of Bactria and north-west India. He ruled over a centre of trade on the Silk Road between central Asia and Antioch, 1st century

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