The story of this ancient international heist reveals much about the ancient economies of both ancient Rome and China.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) unveiled seven major breakthroughs in technological archaeology and cultural ...

In some silk-producing countries, such as China, the boiled silkworms are eaten after cocoon ... sutures and parachutes due to its strength and biocompatibility. The process of making silk begins with ...

Invented in China around 5,600 years ago, silk was the slipperiest, most mysterious material in the ancient world. Fashioned from the twisted threads of the cocoons of the mulberry silkworm, the ...

However, it was mined and traded along the Silk Road in antiquity, the researchers noted. China and Europe ... She pointed out that during the whole process, from the preparation of the red ...

Flash floods and years of unusual rainfall — likely linked to climate change — are degrading ancient cave art along China's historic silk road at a rapid pace. More than 1,500 years ago ...