Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, built the huge Terracotta Army to protect him in the afterlife. An elaborate tomb complex in Xi'an, the city-size compound came equipped with everything the ...

Deadly traps and rivers of mercury. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, is as fascinating as it is mysterious. Discovered in 1974, this massive burial complex has yet to ...

This era, called the Warring States period, ended when Qin Shi Huang unified ancient China into an empire and became its first emperor. Around 400 years later, the Han dynasty broke apart ...

Around 2,200 years ago, ancient China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, began connecting many small walls to build the now-famous Great Wall of China. It eventually became over 13,000 miles (20,000 ...

The tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor who reigned from 221 BC to 210 BC, has remained untouched for more than 2,200 years. Buried in Shaanxi Province, this site was discovered in 1974 ...

He was called Qin Shi Huang or "First Emperor of Qin." He standardized the written script, weights and measures, and currency, and established the system of prefectures and counties. The ...

This immersive experience spans 1,500 years of Chinese history, tracing the cultural and political developments that led to Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s rise and the unification of dynastic China.

when they had thousands of the clay soldiers to prepare for guarding Qin Shi Huang’s tomb, the first emperor of China in 221 B.C., in his afterlife. And at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana ...