He mobilized more than 300,000 people over a period of a dozen years to build the Great Wall, which stretches for 5,000 km across northern China. Qin Shi Huang had the work on his enormous ...

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 ...

Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China, in 1974 struck upon one ... of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin. During his rule, Qin ...

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The first emperor to unify China under a single dynasty, Qin Shi Huang Di packed a lot into his ... the modern techniques for preserving ancient colors seem to be working. In a narrow trench ...

For now, Qin Shi Huang’s tomb remains sealed, an ancient mystery protected by time ... can kill you too 'A 1,000-ton shock': Did China just unearth the largest gold deposit of the century?

Say the word Xi'an, and people think of the Chinese city's astounding collection of terracotta warriors, created to guard the Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb in the third century B.C. But on a recent ...

The world-famous Terracotta Army was constructed to accompany the tomb of China's first emperor as ... the guard troops of the first emperor Qin Shi Huang. They were moulded in parts, fired ...

One English translation reads: Written by the famous late Tang dynasty poet Zhang Jie, the Book Burning Pit is a sarcastic criticism of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang, who ruled China hundreds of years ...

He mobilized more than 300,000 people over a period of a dozen years to build the Great Wall, which stretches for 5,000 km in northern China. Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous mausoleum ...