Toxic liquid mercury rivers, built as a miniature map of the emperor's kingdom, are just one of the many potential risks to ...

By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor ... but the total may never be known. Qin's tomb itself remains unexcavated ...

During his lifetime, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with achieving immortality and sought the elusive elixir of life.

Discover the massive terracotta army, buried for centuries and revealing the grandeur of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Uncover the history, mythology, and mystery of the tomb complex and its ...

A poem titled "Passing by the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang" was written by Wang Wei (701-761) of the Tang Dynasty: Like a green ridge is the ancient tomb, Deep is the palace like a purple ...

From lens focal lengths and fill-flash to portraits, macro or stunning landscapes there are techniques for everyone. Learn how to use metering, considering composition and shoot everything from ...

The ape's skull was discovered inside the tomb of the grandmother of an ancient ... He ruled until his death in 210 BCE at the age of 50. Qin Shi Huangdi remains a controversial figure in Chinese ...

Explore Xi'an, the incredible ancient city and the ‘birthplace of civilisation,' home to the Terracotta Army and countless ...

Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign. The terracotta warriors of the “underground army” guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the world.

By 221 BCE, the final kingdom fell, and Zheng proclaimed himself Qin Shi Huangdi or "First Sovereign ... he also ordered the construction of a huge tomb near Xi'an, in Shaanxi province.

The first emperor to unify China under a single dynasty, Qin Shi Huang Di packed a lot into his earthly ... With less than one percent of the vast tomb complex excavated so far, it may take ...

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