A 30-year-old Chinese tourist damaged two ancient clay warriors from China's terracotta army, local officials said on ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

State media report on ‘fully preserved’ Qin dynasty inscription found by Chinese archaeologists leaves academics divided over ...

Qin Shi Huang famously sent alchemists east to Japan seeking immortality. Now, a newly discovered inscription suggests he ...

The clay figures are part of an iconic burial tomb and national treasure constructed to honor the first emperor to unify China, who was also ... against one of the ancient statues displayed at the ...

Centuries-old Chinese artifacts have been damaged after a tourist visiting the Museum of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin ...

A man has reportedly jumped into a pit at the terracotta warriors museum in China, damaging two of the famous ancient clay ...

China already had a long ... no two figures looked exactly alike. The ancient army was stationed just east of a necropolis surrounding the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi and was meant to stand guard ...

A tourist has damaged two ancient clay figures from the terracotta army, one of China's foremost archaeological treasures.

Between 480 B.C. and 221 B.C., or about 2,400 years ago, ancient China was divided into many states that fought for control. This era, called the Warring States period, ended when Qin Shi Huang ...

A Chinese tourist reportedly jumped into one of the protected pits where he “pushed and pulled” the clay warriors.