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

In 221 BCE, King Ying Zheng of Qin conquered the rival warring states and established the Qin empire as Qin Shi Huangdi (The ...

Chinese archaeologists have reconstructed 6,000 composite armour scales unearthed from the tomb of Liu He – the deposed ninth emperor of the Han dynasty (206BC - AD220) – in the first ...

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

In 202 BC, Liu Bang (256 BC-195 BC) defeated Xiang Yu (232 BC-202 BC) and set up the Western Han imperial court (206 BC-AD 24), founding its capital at Chang'an, with magnificent city walls and ...

A plain-looking vase once used as a lamp base after someone driled a hole into it has sold at auction for £16,500. The green ...

Sima Qian was born around 145BCE during the Han dynasty. He was the son of ... about the young Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of a unified China who ruled from 246 BCE to 210 BCE: "With ...

The ancient Chinese calligraphic scroll by Rao Jie contains an inscription by Emperor Qianlong and his imperial seal.

After unifying China in 221 BC, the first Chinese emperor, Qin Shi Huang ... in guiding local administrations. The Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) later advanced and further solidified this ...

Geng, R.Y. (2025) A Contemporary Study on “Describing Objects as They Like” of Portrait Bricks in the Han Dynasty through the Lens of Museum Aesthetic Education. Open Access Library Journal, 12, 1-10.

[PHOTO BY WANG JIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY] Han and Ming Great Wall ... mounds and barriers. In 121 BC, Han Dynasty emperor Liu Che sent General Huo Qubing to the western region of the Yellow River ...