For a long time, the ancient empires of Rome and China’s Han dynasty have fascinated historians and archaeologists. These two powerful civilizations shaped much of the world’s early history. But which ...

Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

Renamed Marquis of Haihun and situated in Jiangxi’s capital Nanchang in China, the shortlived emperor’s tomb turned up with yet another significant discovery that presented Han Dynasty ...

and the Han Dynasty in the east (which incorporated much of what is modern-day China, Vietnam and Korea). At their apex, each presided over a territory of 1.5 million square miles (four million square ...

Tree healer Jin Hongjun, 55, vividly recalls the painstaking efforts to save China's beloved 4,500-year-old "General ... significance dates back to 110 BC when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - ...

The ancient Chinese calligraphic scroll by Rao Jie contains an inscription by Emperor Qianlong and his imperial seal.