A poem titled "Passing by the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang" was written by Wang Wei (701-761) of the Tang Dynasty: Like a green ridge is the ancient tomb, Deep is the palace like a purple ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China ... during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's ...

Among the discoveries, over 2,300 tombs from the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) to Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC) were uncovered, featuring various types of burial structures. This discovery ...

According to Sima Qian (145–86 BCE), the Han dynasty's official historian, the emperor's necropolis ... all carefully protected. Qin's underground tomb itself 'was filled with rare artefacts ...

Archaeologists are too scared to open up the 2,200-year-old tomb of China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang because they fear it might harbor deadly booby traps. The mausoleum of the emperor ...

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

Chinese archaeologists have unearthed 445 tombs in Shanxi Province, dating back over 2,000 years, revealing ancient burial and cultural practices, Xinhua reported. The burial sites, originating ...