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ChineseHistoire6 min

Chinese silk: a 3,000-year secret and the road that linked the world

The history of Chinese silk: sericulture, the legend of Leizu, the jealously guarded secret, the Silk Road and its theft to Byzantium in the sixth century.

4 mars 2026Read