Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years. The tomb of Qin Shu Huang, who ruled from 221 BC to 210 BC, is guarded by a ...

Archaeologists have excavated three c. 3,000–2,400-year-old ritual structures in Shandong Province, China, indicating that ...

State heritage body says carving that refers to previously unknown expedition ordered by Qin Shi Huang to seek elixir of life is authentic.

But the gap between fantasy and reality has narrowed dramatically when it comes to what we know of China’s tyrannical first ...

From standardising writing and currency to burying scholars alive, Qin Shi Huang ruled China’s first imperial dynasty with ...

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Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous ...

History becomes legend. Legend becomes myth. At best, historians hope that at least a kernel of truth lingers lost among centuries’ worth of embellishment, propaganda, and hype. But the gap between ...