Are there any catfish available for the coldwater aquarium, and is it a good idea to add one? Lots, but many cannot be kept legally and most do not mix well with other coldwater fish. North American ...

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 ...

Around two thousand caterpillars are needed to create one silk dress, fed on the leaves of almost two mulberry trees. When the leaves are harvested and the silkworms fed, the larvae begin the ...

But the 170-year-old department store is perhaps best known for its fashion. Macy’s has hundreds of dresses to cover all your special occasions, from formal events like prom to casual outings like ...

While Eddie, who is actually colourblind, opted for a dapper monochromatic grey suit, Hannah went for something a bit more seasonal in the form of a Saint Laurent silk green dress with a plunging ...

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 ...

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 ...