support for the exiled Emperor of Persia, and a dynamic religious landscape, Gaozong finds solace in the knowledge that the true power behind the throne, Empress Wu Zetian, will continue to shape ...

[See Photos of the Chinese Tomb Site and Treasures] Wu Zetian started out as a concubine of Emperor Gaozong (649-683), eventually becoming his empress and gaining a high degree of influence over him.

From A.D. 665, when she and her husband the Emperor Gaozong effectively took joint control of the imperial court, until her death in 705, Wu Zetian dominated an empire of over 50 million, oversaw the ...

At age 13, Wu Zetian (then Wu Zhao) was chosen to be a concubine for Emperor Taizong. Wu Zetian ejected her son, Emperor Ruizong, from the throne in 690, adopting the title of ruler and ...

In Chinese patriarchal feudal society, image of empress, or female emperor seldom appeared, not even in fairy tales. Wu Zetian (AD 624-705), however, succeeded in treading on the forbidden zone to ...

The seven years between Wu Zetian’s death in 705 and her grandson Li Longji’s ascension to the throne as Emperor Xuanzong in 712 were treacherous. When Wu Zetian’s third son, Emperor Zhongzong, died ...

The film follows a team of archaeologists as they embark on a journey to uncover the truth behind the legacy of Wu Zetian, China’s only female emperor. The film originally premiered on August 29 ...

Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with diamond dust “Wu Zetian” belongs to “The Empresses”, a series of five glorious prints carefully composed of butterfly wings that ...

Another frequently seen image of Wu Zetian is the block-painted edition of Images of Ancient People in History, created in 1498, during the reign of Emperor Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty.