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 ...

According to records, at the burial ceremony of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the Second Emperor of Qin forced all the imperial palace maids who had no children to be buried alive with the dead ruler.

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 ...

The actual tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang remains sealed ... and their pay was tripled. But all complained they were never rewarded properly for their find, and in fact had their land seized ...

Qin Shi Huang ordered the demolition of the walls separating ... with mandala patterns and Buddha images surrounded by flowers, all fine examples of Yuan Dynasty craftsmanship.

220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined ... The Great Wall integrally preserves all the material and spiritual elements and historical and cultural information ...

Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who ... Indy100’s journalists write ...