Since the early Western Han Dynasty there had taken place a large-scale removal of merited personnel and high officials, their kith and kin and families to Changling to protect Emperor Wu Di's tomb.

The cooking skills employed in the Hunan cuisine reached a high standard as early as the Western Han Dynasty, giving it a history of more than 2,100 years. Hunan is located in southeastern China ...

The Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) later advanced and further solidified this system. In 60 BC, the Han court established the Western Regions Frontier Command, adopting the "ruling according ...

This woman from the Chinese aristocracy belonged to the Western Han dynasty and is currently considered the best-preserved ancient human being, due to her spectacular degree of preservation.

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

While the Qin dynasty collapsed in 207 BCE ... diplomatic agreements with local rulers, the Han government established the Protectorate of the Western Regions in 60 BCE to establish permanent ...

Researchers in the Wulong district of Chongqing Municipality in Southwest China have discovered a set of ancient wooden slips dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25), said a report by ...

In 121 BC, Han Dynasty emperor Liu Che sent General Huo Qubing to the western region of the Yellow River to fight Xiongnu nomads in the north. In today's Hexi Corridor, which runs through Wuwei ...