From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra, the lost tombs of such historical figures continue to fascinate the public and ...

According to the inscription, five top-ranking officials had been ordered to seek medicinal herbs near Mount Kunlun, a ...

High on the windswept Tibetan Plateau, at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet (4.27 km), a stone inscription has sparked a ...

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 ...

And Qin Shi Huang's tomb is also thought to be encircled with rivers of liquid mercury, which the ancient Chinese believed could bestow immortality. "It's kind of ironic," Romey said.

It symbolizes Qin Shi Huang's real palace when he was alive, occupying two thirds of the southern part of the inner city. The grave mound is the Qin Shi Huang Tomb tourists can see.

By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin. During his rule, Qin ... Qin's tomb itself remains ...

Qin Shi Huang was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 246 BC to 221 BC during the Warring States Period. He defeated the other six states and became the First Emperor of a unified China in 221 BC.

Centuries-old Chinese artifacts have been damaged after a tourist visiting the Museum of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi, China, leapt over a guardrail and into a pit. On May ...

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 ...