Taklimakan | The Silk Road Had Another Road
The Silk Road is documented. The Taklimakan Desert's oasis cities are known: Kashgar, Khotan, Dunhuang. A 2023 satellite imagery analysis by a Beijing University team found evidence of a parallel route — 200km south of the documented road, through terrain considered impassable. Caravanserai foundations. Water management structures. A route that served the documented road's contemporary period but goes to a different endpoint. The endpoint is not a known city.
About Taklimakan | The Silk Road Had Another Road
The Silk Road is documented. The Taklimakan Desert's oasis cities are known: Kashgar, Khotan, Dunhuang. A 2023 satellite imagery analysis by a Beijing University team found evidence of a parallel route — 200km south of the documented road, through terrain considered impassable. Caravanserai foundations. Water management structures. A route that ...Read more