While the central burial mound of Emperor Qin Shi Huang remains sealed, the surrounding discoveries continue to redefine what ...

Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, is famously remembered for his ambition to conquer not only his empire but also death itself. But a newly discovered artifact raises the question: ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang — of terracotta warrior fame — lived from approximately 259 to 210 B.C. Known for unifying China, building The Great Wall, and giving himself the title of Huangdi “ Sovereign ...

A documentary explores the mausoleum complex of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang, most famous for its collection of some 8,000 soldiers. By . John ... including concubines who may have known too ...

Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum holds an estimated 8,000 terra-cotta soldiers. Danny Lehman via Getty Images. In March 1974, a group of peasants digging a well in China’s drought-parched Shaanxi ...