Han military campaign toppled the rebel Nanyue kingdom but also decimated vast stands of cypress, study finds.

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

At their apex, the Roman Empire and China’s Han Dynasty ruled over more than 120 million people combined. Their capitals bustled, their wealth swelled, and their armies stretched across continents.

This undated file photo shows bamboo slips recording recipes in a manuscript titled Shi Fang, an ancient text dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (202 ...

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 ...