Have you ever wondered about the intricate tapestry of history woven through the delicate threads of silk? From ancient ...

A total of 110 artifacts, including pottery and bronze items, unearthed from the Beiting Ancient City site, a key hub along ...

The ancient silk industry itself is bound up with legends about Chinese tea-sipping empresses under mulberry trees and a princess who smuggled the secrets of sericulture to Central Asia.

In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we uncover Samarkand’s enduring legacy—where Silk Road traders once gathered, ...

The process of silk farming (sericulture) played a critical role in shaping ancient economies, particularly in China, where silk production remained a closely guarded secret for centuries. According ...

Some of the traditional costumes worn by Laos’ ethnic groups.

The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia that "facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas between people from China to Venice between the second century BC and ...

And that, my Best Beloved, is the story of how Khotan got its silk. The tale I have just told you - a 'Just So' story of one of the greatest technology thefts of history - is one that is presented ...

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...