The mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang (the first Emperor of Qin) is five kilometers east of Lintong County, 35 kilometers from Xi'an City in Shaanxi Province. On its south is Lishan Mountain and to ...

Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign. The terracotta warriors of the “underground army” guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the world.

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany ... of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...