Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse ...

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, ...

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.

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

By Karen Taylor International maritime trade first emerged around the world thousands of years ago, linking small traders with goods they could otherwise not access. Today, what is referred to as the ...

For a long time, the ancient empires of Rome and China’s Han dynasty have fascinated historians and archaeologists. These two powerful civilizations shaped much of the world’s early history. But which ...

The second edition of the Chinese Culture Festival (CCF) returns to Hong Kong this summer with over 280 performing arts ...

A special feature of Taoism is that ordinary humans can and do become gods and immortals. For much of history, this process ...