This thrilling, wide-ranging exhibition maps the complex connections among European and Asian civilizations from A.D. 500 to ...

The Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange) was built between 1482 and 1533 and is considered a great example of the late Valencian Gothic-style architecture. Today, it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

What makes the Silk & Snow Wooden Bed Frame unique is that it is designed in the traditional style of Japanese joinery, which means the different pieces fit together without tools or screws.

Now, archaeologists for the first time have mapped these intriguing highland strongholds in the country’s southeast — once a key crossroad of ancient silk trade routes — that were ...

Meandering between 15 trading hubs in one huge room, the show begins in Tang China, Korea and Japan, when silk was both luxury commodity and currency. Silk bolts — a 3rd-century buff one ...

The best silk pillowcases are billed as helping to improve your skin and hair, while also making for a luxurious addition to your bedding. Silk is less absorbent than cotton – and won’t wick ...

Japan-based biochemist Ali Malay has long questioned traditional theories about how spiders make their silk. “The prevailing hypotheses seemed like magic, because, according to it, you suddenly ...

Which brings us to something everyone will appreciate: silk pyjamas. Whether or not you’re already planning what to wear for upcoming nights out (or in), then you’ll want to know about these ...