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 ...

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 ...

Recent archaeological research unveiled new insights into the origins of the mercury found in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor. According to HeritageDaily, scientists now believe ...

The engraved character shi [lit: market] was a mark used to identify a pottery workshop owned by the Qin imperial court. The mark served a function similar to today's product certification issued ...

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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 ...

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.

Among the most iconic sites in Xi’an is the Terracotta Army. Discovered in 1974, this vast collection of life-sized statues ...

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 ...

A netizen in Liaocheng, East China's Shandong Province, posted a fabricated video online claiming that the local hospital had successfully revived Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin ...