Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years.

By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor ... but the total may never be known. Qin's tomb itself remains unexcavated ...

A poem titled "Passing by the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang" was written by Wang Wei (701-761) of the Tang Dynasty: Like a green ridge is the ancient tomb, Deep is the palace like a purple ...

Scientists have considered non-invasive methods to explore the tomb’s mysteries, but current technology has yet to offer a feasible solution. For now, Qin Shi Huang’s tomb remains sealed ...

Why we dare not open emperor's tomb The ruthless Chinese emperor who burned books Sima Qian: China's 'grand historian' Qin Shi Huang's terracotta warriors were further evidence of how seriously he ...

The life-sized terracotta soldiers protecting the tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi (259 BC-210 BC), were accidentally found by well-diggers in 1974. Since the discovery of the First ...

The first emperor to unify China under a single dynasty, Qin Shi Huang Di packed a lot into his ... With less than one percent of the vast tomb complex excavated so far, it may take centuries ...

The thousands of clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb are enduring representations of the ruler’s legacy Originally Published: July 2009 Would you have bought a Picasso painting in 1905 ...

The world-famous Terracotta Army was constructed to accompany the tomb of China's first emperor ... the guard troops of the first emperor Qin Shi Huang. They were moulded in parts, fired ...