Food preparation is impossible without cooks, so emperors in ancient times cherished excellent cooks. The Historical Records by Sima Qian, a famous historian of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 ...

Within a decade, most of these kings were demoted and replaced by members of the imperial family. Accordingly, while Qin Shi Huang was the first ruler to unify China, it was the Han dynasty ...

Tombs of emperors in the Han Dynasty were marked by earth mounds packed into square shapes with level tops. Tombs from that time are called fangshang for their square shapes. The mausoleum ...

Made of iron, copper, and leather, the multi-material armor scales are the first and smallest of its kind ever discovered in Han Dynasty archaeology. Found in the west part of the outer coffin of ...

According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the ... may have been built for the soul of the emperor. Experimental pits dug around the tomb ...

In this programme, we are in Han Dynasty China, two thousand years ago, exploring the giving of Imperial gifts - an activity which straddles the murky boundary between diplomacy and bribery.

In 121 BC, Han Dynasty emperor Liu Che sent General Huo Qubing to the western region of the Yellow River to fight Xiongnu nomads in the north. In today's Hexi Corridor, which runs through Wuwei, ...

claiming the title Emperor Gaozu of Han. His dynasty ruled for four centuries, expanding its territory across much of what we now call China. It united the warring kingdoms and spread Confucianism.

A general called Zhang Qian was sent to the Far West by Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty to make contact with Yuezhi, a nomadic tribe. The emperor feared the Xiongnu people – a group who ...

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...

In 121 BC, Han Dynasty emperor Liu Che sent General Huo Qubing to the western region of the Yellow River to fight Xiongnu nomads in the north. In today's Hexi Corridor, which runs through Wuwei ...