The life-sized terracotta soldiers protecting the tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi (259 BC-210 BC), were accidentally found by well-diggers in 1974. Since the discovery of the First ...

China's first emperor launched an obsessive search for the elixir of life before dying aged 49 in 210 BCE, new archaeological research has revealed. Qin Shi Huang, who created the world-famous ...

In 221 B.C., Ying Zheng, ruler of the State of Qin and a man of great talent and bold vision, ended the 250-odd years of rivalry among the independent principalities during the Warring States ...

The inner level is the central area, containing the underground palace of the emperor, the carriages used by him and the mausoleum buildings, symbolizing the imperial palaces where the emperor lived.

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

Netflix viewers can't get enough of the necropolis of China's first emperor — though archeologists have long worried about the dangers of opening his still-sealed tomb. Toxic liquid mercury ...

Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years.