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Uzbek law had to be changed to allow the country’s most prized artefacts to travel to the UK: detail from the south wall of the ‘Hall of the Ambassadors’ in ...

What is the future of silk, this material that humans have coveted for many thousands of years? What is its past? It’s a fiber made by spiders, some moths, and even certain mollusks. Archeological ...

Silk is a fiber composed of proteins, a secretion unique to certain creatures of the forests, fields and one sea. It gleams of the Earth’s magical abundance. In Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s ...

Back in the day, Black folks understood that taming your tresses took work. Sometimes, you avoided water; other times, a silk press was the only salvation. There’s a moment almost every Black woman ...

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. The creation of the Silk Road -- The road of faiths -- The road to a Christian East -- The road to revolution -- The road to concord -- The road of furs -- ...

Examine the textiles that gave the Silk Road its name, and travel across the trade routes that connected the cultures of Afro-Eurasia for centuries as The Ohio State University at Marion hosts a ...

In this reported feature, associate editor Aiyana Ishmael dives into the long history of the silk press hairstyle and how it's shaped young women years after its first introduction to the Black ...