ancient roads
Historic travel routes
Ancient roads are routes established in antiquity that connected cities, facilitated trade, or enabled military movement.
The term evokes famous historical thoroughfares like Roman roads or the Silk Road: The ancient roads of the empire still show their original stonework.
Some ancient roads remain in use; others survive only as archaeological traces or hiking trails.
- Inca trailsAncient Peruvian mountain pathways
- cobblestone pathsWalkways paved with rounded rocks
- King's HighwayMonarch-titled public road
- Silk RoadHistoric transcontinental trade network
- caravan trailsRoutes for traveling merchants
merchant caravans · Icknield Way · trade routes · milestones · archaeology · Roman Empire · empire builders · caravanserai · causeways · ruins · way stations · Appian Way · ruts · archaeological sites · worn · legions · pilgrims · foot traffic
- historic travelGrand Tour, carriage, pilgrimages, wagon, Silk Road
- travel routesSilk Road, Route 66, Pacific Coast Highway, trade routes, trade route
- CyprusNicosia, halloumi, Aphrodite, Northern Cyprus, buffer zone
- Gaelic HistoryGaels, Celtic tribes, Brehon laws, clans, chieftains
- historic routestrade routes, merchant routes, caravan routes, pilgrimage routes, overland routes
- Persian travelcaravans, caravanserai, travelers, travelogues, travel accounts
construction technology and materials
ancient roadssuperhighways
Large multi-lane expressways
interstate highways · autobahns · motorways · concrete roads