After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...

An aspiring tattoo artist asked people what they wish they had known 'before getting tattoos' in a TikTok video shared on Jan ...

Old silk presses hold heatless curls beautifully, making loose waves a great way to revive your look. To create soft, effortless waves, set your hair overnight using large flexi rods or bantu knots.

We wait. In the eighth century a trader to the northeast of us, near a Chinese town called Turpan, paid 40 bolts of raw silk for an 11-year-old slave girl. To the southeast, a thousand years ...

Having discovered silk residues in a Bronze-Age sacrificial pit in Sichuan province, the authors of a new study suggest that the opulent larvae-derived fiber was revered as much for its elegance ...

While tracing the ancient Silk Road through Central Asia on foot, National Geographic writer Paul Salopek was regaled with tales of these jinn. One night, under clear skies in the sprawling ...

At that time, Kargil was known as an important hub on the Treaty Road – a branch of the old Silk Road that connected China to Central Asia via Kashmir. "Kargil has always been tied to many parts ...