The mystery of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang’s tomb continues to excite scientists and historians alike, but still ...

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 ...

He was called Qin Shi Huang or "First Emperor of Qin." He standardized the written script, weights and measures, and currency, and established the system of prefectures and counties. The ...

Archaeologists in Xi’an, China, uncover a rare terracotta statue of a high ranking general at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, ...

Rare statue of high-ranking officer is helping archeologists piece together military structure of the first empire in China.

The life-size clay figurines offer new insights into the organization and structure of China's army 2,000 years ago.

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 ...

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 standardized coins, weights, and measures ...

The terracotta warrior is one of only ten high-ranking officials to be found among the 2000 warriors unearthed since 1974.

The statue, discovered at the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty, under which China was unified after centuries of political turmoil, is the first of its kind to be ...

Three Chinese farmers who chanced on the terra cotta army buried with China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang, want to be compensated for their discovery. Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇 ...

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 ...