British Museum Special: The Silk Roads

Name: British Museum Special: The Silk Roads
Released: 2021-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

A study day of talks designed around deepening understanding of the Silk Roads.

2021 · 33m

EPISODE 2

The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives

Professor Michael Scott talks about the changing perceptions of goods and peoples on the early Silk Road.
EPISODE 3

The Silk Roads: Ideas and Religion

Frances Wood gives a talk on the importance of the Silk Roads.
EPISODE 4

The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement

British Museum Curator St John Simpson talks about the Sasanian empire, the Silk Road and new archaeological evidence for trade and movement across the frontiers of Late Antiquity.
EPISODE 5

The Silk Roads: Buddhist Art

British Museum Curator Yu-Ping Luk talks about Buddhist art along the Silk Roads with a focus on the British Museum's Dunhuang and Xinjiang collections.

Season 1