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

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

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.

For centuries, the splendor of Rome and the mythical grandeur of the Han dynasty in China have captured the imagination of ...

Hydropower is outdated and harmful—causing deforestation, reduced rainfall, energy loss, and water insecurity. Safer, more ...

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

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

Looking to create (or recreate) some classic gaming moments? Nintendo Switch Online members have instant access to a large ...

Under the ancient city walls of Tianxin Pavilion in Changsha, Hunan province, 26-year-old Ghanaian student Ako Nai Emmanuella Daniella bent down to touch weathered bricks engraved with Chinese ...

Over the past 20 years, Lam Bun Pa, 42, has explored nearly every corner of the historical sites in the country's Siem Reap ...