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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The colossal figure of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty, stands in the historical imagination as the sole ...

Qin shi huang Emperor of China 259 B.C.-210 B.C Introduction: Elephants, steamed duck and warring states -- The heart of a tiger or wolf -- The Grand Scribe's Records and the place of the Sleeping ...

One of the innumerable legends surrounding the construction of the Great Wall of China tells of a workman who estimated that he would need 99,999 bricks to construct a section of the wall now known as ...

Author and historian Noboru Kojima made it his life’s work to understand Japan’s wars with China: the First Sino-Japanese War ...

MACOMB, IL - - Western Illinois University Professor Yong Tang has published a new book, "Freedom of Information Law in China: From Imperial Court Dairies to Open Government Information Regulations." ...