At their apex, the Roman Empire and China’s Han Dynasty ruled over more than 120 million people combined. Their capitals ...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

During the days of China's Han dynasty, when a ruler died his corpse was carefully packed with jade "plugs." These were believed to guarantee immortality for the deceased. A Flight Through the ...

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.