Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years.

By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the ... for the soul of the emperor. Experimental pits dug around the tomb have revealed dancers ...

In 221 B.C., Ying Zheng, ruler of the State of Qin and a man of great talent and bold vision, ended the 250-odd years of rivalry among the independent principalities during the Warring States ...

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 ...

Qin (d. 210 B.C.), the first unifier of China, is buried, surrounded by the famous terracotta warriors, at the centre of a complex designed to mirror the urban plan of the capital, Xianyan. The small ...

Archaeologists think that the tomb may be an entire replica of the Chinese city of Xi'an built to honor the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, who died in 210 B.C. What else do you know about ...

The world-famous Terracotta Army was constructed to accompany the tomb of China's first emperor ... the guard troops of the first emperor Qin Shi Huang. They were moulded in parts, fired ...

The first emperor to unify China under a single dynasty, Qin Shi Huang Di packed a lot into his ... With less than one percent of the vast tomb complex excavated so far, it may take centuries ...