With a height of 76 meters, the mausoleum is laid out in line with the dimensions of Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty. It is composed of the inner compound and the outer compound ...

Ancient bamboo slips unearthed in central-south China's Hunan Province have revealed numerous valuable clues in the study of the imperial Qin Dynasty from its postal service to administrative set-up.

The books chronicle the dynasty's trajectory from its 221 BC birth until its 206 BC fall and challenges many accepted pieties about the period's rulers. "People often believe Qin rulers were ...

About 20,000 bamboo slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC) have been recently excavated in Liye ancient town of Longshan County, western Hunan Province. The slips, depicting letters ...

Nine button-like ornaments made of pure gold that are believed to be from the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC) have recently been unearthed at an ancient tomb in Xianyang, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Nine button-like ornaments made of pure gold that are believed to be from the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC) have recently been unearthed at an ancient tomb in Xianyang, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

While still a child, Qin Shihuang, who founded the Qin dynasty and unified China in 221BC, ordered a mausoleum built for himself that would measure 6.3km across at its widest point and include ...

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 was no exception, and historians have theorised that the Qin dynasty’s expertise with horses allowed the state to rise out of the Warring States Period and eventually rule what would ...