The Silk Road: Connections
“After nearly a decade of visiting 100 towns and villages across Central Asia, I found a culture and way of life that's endured for centuries. Family and pride in children sit at its core, yet the divide between men and women runs just as deep and persists to this day.”
—Lynn Gilbert
Lynn’s Silk Road Journey
The Silk Road Series Locations
From Turkey to India
TURKEY
SYRIA
JORDAN
TURKMENISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
INDIA
HISTORIC SILK ROADS
Villages & Cities Along the Route
Turkey — Western & Aegean
- Istanbul
- Tekirdağ
- Bursa
- Balıkesir
- Bergama (Pergamon)
- İzmir
- Selçuk (Ephesus)
- Aydın
- Denizli (Pamukkale)
- Afyonkarahisar
- Kütahya
- Eskişehir
Turkey — Central & Black Sea
- Ankara
- Konya
- Kayseri
- Çorum
- Amasya
- Tokat
- Samsun
- Ordu
- Giresun
- Trabzon
- Rize
- Sivas
Turkey — Eastern & Southeast
- Malatya
- Elazığ
- Erzurum
- Muş
- Van
- Diyarbakır
- Şanlıurfa
- Gaziantep
- Kahramanmaraş
- Adana
- Mersin
- Antakya (Hatay)
Syria
- Aleppo
- Hama
- Latakia
Jordan
- Amman
- Petra
Turkmenistan
- Ashgabat
- Mary (Merv)
- Türkmenabat
Uzbekistan
- Bukhara
- Samarkand
- Khiva
India
- Amritsar
- Delhi
The Silk Road: A Personal Journey
The Silk Road stretches 4,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean, carrying silk, spices, and ways of living that shaped every town along the way. Its monuments, now World Heritage sites, preserve that history for the world.
What drew me into this culture was far more modest. I fell in love with Turkey's traditional houses, the humble homes that are a significant part of the country's cultural heritage. Rapidly disappearing, tucked away in towns and villages that outsiders will never see, their simple facades give nothing away. Step inside, and what is revealed is beauty, order, and a fierce pride in hearth and home.
Along the Silk Road Exhibition
At the Godwin-Ternbach Museum