Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty.

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

A new study revealed which ancient empire had the greatest inequality, challenging beliefs about Rome and China.

The Qin dynasty terracotta warriors from Emperor Qin Shihuang’s tomb are some of the most significant and well-known Chinese ...

Excavation details relating to an Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) tomb cluster in Yuncheng, North China's Shanxi Province, were ...

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

As you can probably glean from its subtitle, Age of Empires II Definitive Edition: The Three Kingdoms transports players back ...

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

The tree's historical significance dates back to 110 BC when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (206 BC — AD 220) visited Songshan ...

A Neolithic (7000BC-1700BC) site has been uncovered in Zhenba county, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province in the fourth ...