A growing number of visitors are flocking to the Suzhou Silk Museum, one of only two state-owned museums in southern ...

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

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 ...

At its best, silk can hold up even better than steel when you pull at it. If you can get enough high-quality silk, you might think about making silk ... in northern China and one of the paper ...

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 ...

Silk and silk products were first developed in China and it wasn’t long before ... that take visitors through each stage of the silk-making process—from the nurturing of silkworms to the ...