The tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China’s First Emperor, remains sealed—despite decades of research. From toxic hazards to ...

An expert based in the US believes a stone-carving technique used on a recently-discovered Chinese inscription proves its authenticity.

Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years. The tomb of Qin Shu Huang, who ruled from 221 BC to 210 BC, is guarded by a ...

It consists of over 8,000 life-sized soldiers created 2,000 years ago in an elaborate city-sized compound to guard the tomb of Qin Shi Huang - China's first emperor.

By age 38 the boy king had conquered each one to become Qin Shi Huang, the first true emperor of China.

Who Built the Great Wall of China? Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE): The first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, started connecting older, separate walls to create a single, unified barrier.

From day 1 of US-China trade talks to Chinese state media pouncing on chaos in Los Angeles, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

History records the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang as sending the alchemist Xu Fu eastwards towards Japan on a quest for the elixir of immortality. However, the ancient texts make no mention of any ...

The Terracotta Army statues were commissioned by emperor Qin Shi around 210 B.C. so that he could take with him an army to the afterlife. The army is composed of about 8,000 individual warriors ...

Hyperallergic has contacted the Emperor Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Site Museum and UNESCO for comment on the alleged incident. The site was named as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.

A 30-year-old Chinese tourist damaged two ancient clay warriors from China’s terracotta army, local officials said on Saturday, according to Agence France Presse. According to the statement, the ...