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

Li Yuelin, from the Argonne National Laboratory, says the inscription appears to have been created with Qin-era tools and ...

The 8,000 warriors guarding the tomb of China’s First Emperor Qin Shi Huang date back to the third century B.C. and have long fascinated historians.

A team of archaeologists in China has uncovered a 2,246-year-old stone inscription on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The archaeological discovery sheds light on a previously unknown chapter of Chinese ...

As the country’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang unified China with an army of more than 500,000 men. To construct the Terracotta Army and mausoleum, researchers believe it took 700,000 laborers a ...

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 ...

In the recently concluded hit historical drama “ Qin Dynasty Epic,” Qin Shi Huang (259 B.C.-210 B.C.) — the first emperor of China — is depicted as a benevolent ruler who wishes to eliminate the kings ...

In 2016, archaeologists revealed evidence that ancient Greeks may have helped design the Terracotta Army, potentially offering fresh insight into China’s early contact with the west.

The tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang contains an estimated 7,000 lifelike clay soldiers, accompanied by weapons such as bronze swords and bows and arrows. PHOTOGRAPH BY O. LOUIS MAZZATENTA, NATIONAL ...

The rest of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is enormous, covering around 10 square miles, and is also home to the famous Terracotta Army. These life-sized soldier-like statues number over 8,000 and ...