Beneath a pyramid-shaped earthen mound in Lintong, about 30 kilometers northeast of Xi’an, lies a burial chamber untouched ...

Beneath a grassy mound near Xi’an, the sealed burial chamber of Qin Shi Huang, the emperor who unified China more than 2,200 ...

Buried deep under a hill in central China, surrounded by an underground moat of poisonous mercury, lies an entombed emperor who's been undisturbed for more than two millennia. The tomb holds the ...

The Art Gallery of NSW is holding an exhibition of the Entombed Warriors of Qin Shi Huang, China's First Emperor. Along with the exhibition, the Art Gallery is showing a series of Chinese films. I ...

In the recently concluded hit historical drama “Qin Dynasty Epic,” Qin Shi Huang (259 B.C.-210 B.C.) — the first emperor of China — is depicted as a benevolent ruler who wishes to eliminate the kings ...

Deadly traps, hidden mechanisms and even rivers of mercury. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, fascinates historians as much as it puzzles them. Discovered in 1974, this ...

Ying Zheng took the throne in 246 B.C. at the age of 13. By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took ...

Archaeologists unearthed a 2,200-year-old Qin Straight Road in China, a 900 km marvel built by Qin Shi Huang to swiftly move troops. This engineering feat, featuring rammed earth and filled valleys, ...

Chariot and Horse No. 1 (Replica), Qin dynasty style (20th century); Bronze. Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum Site Museum, MMYL007 For archaeologists, Xi’an is the gift that keeps giving. Since its ...