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I believe the story is that the emperess of china was sitting under a tree drinking tea and a silkworm fell into her tea and it's body melting created silk and that is how silk was discovered and the Chinese discovered it

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Egypt made up part of what was called the Silk Road, but silk was discovered in China first. Silk was used in Egypt in making tunics for Cleopatra and was also used in their Pyramids.

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