They found that the average income for people living during the Roman Empire was approximately 2.25 times the subsistence minimum and 1.88 for those living during the Han Dynasty. They also found ...

To find out how imperial structures contributed to levels of inequality, researchers writing in Nature Communications examined historical records from both empires at their peak (ca. 165 C.E. for the ...

Chinese archaeologists have reconstructed 6,000 composite armour scales unearthed from the tomb of Liu He – the deposed ninth emperor of the Han dynasty (206BC - AD220) – in the first ...

After defeating Xiang Yu, Liu Bang resurrected the imperial concept, proclaimed the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and came to be known as Emperor Gaozu of Han. After establishing his new capital ...

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

The historical connection dates back to the second century BCE, when Chinese envoy Zhang Qian of the Han dynasty emperor documented vibrant civilisations in Magadha, now a part of Bangladesh.

District town and country planning department (DTCP) has filed a response in Punjab and Haryana high court seeking cancellation of the previous draw and permission for a fresh process. The next ...

The 700-year-old scroll by renowned calligrapher Rao Jie fetched over $32 million after a heated bidding battle at Sotheby’s.

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Monday overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation's No. 2 official as acting leader, while not yet ruling on the ...

Archaeologists are hopeful that this discovery could shed some new light on the “lost” Abydos Dynasty. The expedition was led by a team of researchers from University of Pennsylvania ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Monday struck down the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. The ruling means Han was immediately restored as acting president, a role he took over ...