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Exhibitions in Rome: On the Silk Road. Ancient Pathways Between East and West. Organized by American Museum of Natural History, New York in collaboration with Azienda Speciale Palaexpo and Codice. Idee per la Cultura, Torino. From 27 october 2012 to 10 march 2013.

Over two thousand years ago merchants, pilgrims and soldiers braved the soaring mountains and hazardous deserts of central Asia to trade in luxury goods, to unearth sacred texts and to encounter and dominate distant peoples, leading to the gradual creation of a network of routes grouped together under the evocative name of the “Silk Road”. The exhibition retraces the long journey between east and west from the 7th to the 14th centuries AD, illustrating the numerous different cultures along the Silk Road route with reconstructions of four iconic cities.

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Exhibitions and cultural events in Rome, November 2012