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 ...

In 1974, farmers in Shaanxi, China, uncovered the terracotta army guarding Qin Shi Huang’s tomb—a burial site of China’s first emperor, hidden for 2,200 years. Though archaeologists have ...

Yet having dumbfounded the Jin envoy, the king performed a pirouette: he first treated Shi Zhuangbo as a low-ranked messenger ... An anecdote which probably was designed to serve as the beginning of ...

At the end of 1975, archaeologists excavated 12 tombs from the late Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) to the Qin Dynasty in Shuihudi, and a total of 1,155 bamboo slips were found in Tomb 11 ...

Sima wasn't afraid to make harsh judgments. This is what he said about the young Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of a unified China who ruled from 246 BCE to 210 BCE: "With his puffed-out chest ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A man pleaded guilty on Nov. 6 to breaking into and stealing body parts from a private mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery in Jefferson County, according to court records.

As Malawi grapples with economic hardships and rising food insecurity, the government’s recent decision to award a K2.7 billion contract for the construction of a mausoleum for the late Gwanda ...

While excavating an ancient Egyptian necropolis near Luxor, archaeologists discovered a 3,800-year-old tomb containing multiple individuals who might represent different generations of the same ...

The Vatican on Monday publicized further initiatives undertaken by St. Peter’s Basilica in light of the 2025 Jubilee Year — including a new magazine and a livestream of the tomb of St. Peter.

Lara Croft is having a resurgence as of late. Thanks to the recent releases of the Netflix animated series “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft” and the video game Tomb Raider I-III ...

Authorities have uncovered a tomb with eleven sealed burials and many items of jewelry. It is the first tomb of its kind to be found in the South Asasif necropolis region and dates back about ...