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

Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

BEIJING, March 30 (Reuters) - Four of China's largest state-owned banks said on Sunday they plan to raise a combined 520 billion yuan ($71.60 billion) in private placements from investors ...

The previously unknown species, now named Sirenobethylus charybdis, had a Venus flytrap-like structure on its abdomen ... Kachin region near the border with China, several years ago and donated ...

While China prioritizes boosting consumption this ... Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "However, there is still a significant gap in investment ...

Emil Aladjem / Israel Antiquities Authority Israeli researchers have discovered a strange pyramidal structure in the Judean ... Israel Antiquities Authority An ancient button found onsite Robbery ...

A team of scientists has uncovered new clues by studying 365-million-year-old seed plant fossils from China. The discovery ... but how these ancient plants managed it has long puzzled scientists.

Archaeologists in the Judean Desert have unearthed a "mysterious pyramid-shaped structure" dating back 2,200 years. The evacuation was a joint mission between the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA ...

The structure sits above what appears to be an ancient way station, possibly used along a trade route moving salt and bitumen from the Dead Sea to Mediterranean ports. The site had previously been ...

A collapsed statue in the ancient Egyptian city of Tombos ... adding another layer of complexity to the social dynamics of Tombos. Additionally, the arrangement of the burials indicates that social ...

A granite statue located in Tombos, an ancient Egyptian ... wished to enforce class structures even in death. To this end, they may have imposed a “hierarchical social order on the sacred ...