The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor containing terracotta warriors and horses are located in Lintong county, near Xi'an city, capital of Shaanxi province. Constructed from 246 BC to 208 BC, the ...

Cleaned Ancient Bamboo Slips Facilitate Qin Dynasty Study People living under China's first feudal empire, the Qin (221- 207 BC), may have been forced into hard, penal servitude for failing to pay ...

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 ...

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 ...

The discovery is a significant milestone in understanding the military organisation and structure of the short-lived Qin dynasty (221-207 BC). Generals of the time were typically distinguished by ...