Silk production in Uzbekistan may have started almost 2 thousand years before the Great Silk Road.
03.08.2026
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Scientists from China, Uzbekistan and other countries analyzed the 4,000-year-old silkworm cocoon and mulberry tree remains found in Sopollitepa. According to the research results...
⚡️🇺🇿In Uzbekistan, silk production may have started almost 2 thousand years before the Great Silk Road.
Scientists from China, Uzbekistan and other countries analyzed the 4,000-year-old silkworm cocoon and mulberry tree remains found in Sopollitepa.
According to the results of the research, sericulture existed in Central Asia long before the emergence of the Great Silk Road. The study was published in the journal Science Advances.