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 ...

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 ...

Li said. As archaeologists continue their work, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang remains a glimpse into the complexity of China’s ancient past and of the emperor’s vision for immortality.

The Terracotta Army, a vast collection of life-sized terracotta sculptures portraying the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first ...

The Chinese Qin Emperor's Terracotta Army is 8,000 soldiers strong and has been referred to as the eighth World Wonder.

Among the famed terra-cotta warriors in the sprawling tomb of the ancient Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang, archaeologists have excavated a rare decorated statue. Judging by the figure’s features and ...

The statue, discovered at the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty, under which China was unified after centuries of political turmoil, is the first of its kind to be ...

China's first emperor launched an obsessive search for the elixir of life before dying aged 49 in 210 BCE, new archaeological research has revealed. Qin Shi Huang, who created the world-famous ...

The tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, has remained a mystery for ... most elaborate burial sites in history. According to ancient texts, the tomb was designed to reflect his vision ...

New additions to the Terracotta Army have been unearthed in China, adding a drop more to the mystery of how ancient artisans ...

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 ...