Chinese silk pyjamas for children on sale in Yu Garden Bazaar Market, Shanghai, China

Woman working on silk spinning machine in traditional silk factory, Dalat, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Top of Ulugh Beg Minaret at Memorial Complex of Al Gijduvani, Gijduvan, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Young woman working on handmade silk fabrics in a village nearby Pak Ou caves obove Mekong river north of Luang Prabang, Laos

Lotos silk weaving, Inle Lake, Shan Staat, Myanmar, Burma

Small male, top, and large female, bottom, silk spider (Nephila sp.), Africa, eating a leaf insect or walking leaf (Phylliidae)

Aerial view of Crescent Lake in the Gobi Desert, Silk Road, Dunhuang, Gansu, China, Asia

Aerial view of Crescent Lake and the giant sand dunes in the Gobi Desert, Silk Road, Dunhuang, in Gansu, China, Asia

Aerial view of sand dunes with caravan route in the Gobi desert, silk road, Dunhuang, Gansu, China, Asia

Microlight flight over the Gobi Desert, aerial view of Crescent Lake and the sand dunes in the Gobi Desert, Silk Road, Dunhuang, Gansu, China, Asia

Aerial view of sand dunes in the Gobi desert with caravan route, Silk Road, Dunhuang, Gansu, China, Asia

Aerial view of sand dunes with caravan route in the Gobi desert, silk road, Dunhuang, Gansu, China, Asia