A camel, shown at the Silk Roads exhibition at London’s British Museum The Trustees of the British Museum
Until recently, my vague idea of the Silk Road, the trade link from ancient east Asia to the West, was of camels crossing deserts laden with silk and spices. But a trip to the exhibition at London’s British Museum showed me how little I knew.
There were camels (pictured above), but far from being one road, there was a network of routes, moving art, jewels, food, religion and culture. The show, which ends on 23 February, focuses on the…
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