The Art Gallery of NSW is holding an exhibition of the Entombed Warriors of Qin Shi Huang, China's First Emperor. Along with the exhibition, the Art Gallery is showing a series of Chinese films. I ...

Buried deep under a hill in central China, surrounded by an underground moat of poisonous mercury, lies an entombed emperor who's been undisturbed for more than two millennia. Subscribe to read this ...

A terra-cotta soldier kneels. 1975: Archeologists complete excavation of the necropolis of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China, and discover 8,000 terra-cotta warriors and their horses ...

In the recently concluded hit historical drama “Qin Dynasty Epic,” Qin Shi Huang (259 B.C.-210 B.C.) — the first emperor of China — is depicted as a benevolent ruler who wishes to eliminate the kings ...

In niche corners of the Chinese internet, discussions of the very first dynasty stand in for critiques of today’s China.

Buried deep under a hill in central China, surrounded by an underground moat of poisonous mercury, lies an entombed emperor who's been undisturbed for more than two millennia. Subscribe to read this ...

Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor to unify China in 221 BC, spent his reign chasing more than just power. Obsessed with immortality, he famously commissioned massive expeditions and alchemical ...

Deadly traps, hidden mechanisms and even rivers of mercury. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, fascinates historians as much as it puzzles them. Discovered in 1974, this ...

Imagine a vast underground palace, brimming with treasures and guarded by an army of stone warriors, sealed tight for over two millennia. This is the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, who ...

The tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang contains an estimated 7,000 lifelike clay soldiers, accompanied by weapons such as bronze swords and bows and arrows. PHOTOGRAPH BY O. LOUIS MAZZATENTA, NATIONAL ...

Buried deep under a hill in central China, surrounded by an underground moat of poisonous mercury, lies an entombed emperor who's been undisturbed for more than two millennia. The tomb holds the ...

1975: Archeologists complete excavation of the necropolis of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China, and discover 8,000 terra-cotta warriors and their horses guarding his tomb. Qin is a ...