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 ...

Qin Shi Huang ruled between 221 and 210 B.C.E., and he was the first leader to unite China under one empire. At more than 20 square miles, his tomb in China’s Shaanxi Province contains an ...

In ancient China, carriages hitched to horses or oxen ... But now, the most recent discovery from the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, who ruled between 221 and 210 B.C., has become the oldest of ...

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 ...

In 1974, farmers in Shaanxi, China, uncovered the terracotta ... to offer a feasible solution. For now, Qin Shi Huang’s tomb remains sealed, an ancient mystery protected by time, superstition ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...