An international research team has discovered that China's domesticated silkworms reached Central Asia nearly 4,000 years ago ...
The silkworm moth, whose caterpillars have been used in silk production since antiquity, may have been brought to southern Central Asia 4,000 years ago—nearly 2,000 years earlier than previously ...
BEIJING, July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Silk Road connected peoples, diverse civilizations, and regional economies across nations. Today, we share an ...
Some 4,000 years ago, ancient people brought the production technique for the precious luxury from China to Central Asia via ...
New evidence from Uzbekistan suggests ancient Central Asians raised silkworms around 2000 BCE. These findings challenge the ...