Students at the Yuelu Academy of Hunan University in China embarked on a project to recreate a rice dish from an ancient ...

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

Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 BC. During the Han Dynasty, agriculture, handicrafts and commerce flourished, and the population reached 50 million. During his reign (140-87 ...

Chinese university students recreate a 2,000-year-old rice dish using an ancient manuscript found in a Han Dynasty tomb.

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 ...

Cooking rice from the Western Han Dynasty period has deepened our appreciation for the richness and allure of traditional ...

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income inequality. A team of ...

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

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