Palam Silks has long been a pioneer in the world of silk design, known for its innovative creations that marry tradition with ...

Westonbirt Arboretum has over 18,000 trees from all over the world, planted since 1829 and plantings continue today. The arboretum is in 2 areas with 17 miles of way-marked trails. WONDERFUL AUTUMN ...

Kolkata: Cops in Kolkata and Bidhannagar have warned Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) of high-rise gated complexes about the legal implications of burning illegal crackers — three years in ...

When I learned about Silk & Snow's Wooden Bed frame, I was eager to test it. And test it I did. Made of sustainable wood with three headboard options (fabric, rattan, or solid wood), the bed frame ...

On the Silk Road, these lost twin cities may have sustained themselves in a foreboding landscape with metallurgy and commerce. Hidden in the towering mountains of Central Asia, along what has been ...

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a discovery that could shift our understanding of the fabled Silk Road. Known for the exchange of goods and ideas between the East and West, the trade routes were long believed to have linked ...

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 ...

Hold the phone: if you’re new to the concept of sleeping in a silk hair wrap it’s time to get acquainted with Silke. Where most hair wraps seem aesthetically unpleasing, this one is wholly ...

An aerial survey has revealed hundreds of medieval archaeological features thousands of feet above sea level along the famous Silk Road—a network of ancient trade routes that connected ...

Oct 23 (Reuters) - In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route ...