Some souvenirs are more powerful than others. When in Japan, you could opt for tchotchkes, colored fans, or kawaii trinkets — or you could get something with a bit more cultural meaning, like ...

Take a good look at the piece of cloth pictured at the top of this story. That was made 6,000 years ago by people living on the coast of Peru. Now check out those faint blue lines running through it.

The blue indigo dye commonly used in today's jeans was used by pre-Hispanic communities in Peru around 6,000 years ago. Well-preserved, 6,000-year-old cotton fabric from Peru contains indigo dye ...

The oldest indigo-dyed fabric commonly used in modern jeans was first discovered in Peru around 6,000 years ago. Researchers at George Washington University said that the source of the blue pigment ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) --A handful of 6,200-year-old cloths recovered an archaeological site on the coast of Peru offer the earliest evidence of the use indigo as dye. The indigo-dyed fabrics ...

Many people remember the colors of the rainbow by the acronym ROY G. BIV. For red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Well, the color indigo just made news. Indigo gets its name from the ...

Explore the revival of indigo in India, highlighting innovative uses, sustainable practices, and artistic expressions in ...

Nung women teach their little girls to grow cotton trees, twine yarn, weave fabric, and embroider. In the Nung community, girls, who don’t know how to weave fabric and make clothes, will have a harder ...

This is part 1 of a 4-part series. “The leaves are known for their antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties. They can be consumed as an infusion or applied directly to a gaping wound,” he says.