Portrait of Emperor Qinshihuang As the first huge ancient mausoleum in China, with a river in front ... disclosure of secrets from the tomb's interior, the door was closed on the builders and ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

During his lifetime, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with achieving immortality and sought the elusive elixir of life.

Netflix viewers can't get enough of the necropolis of China's first emperor — though archeologists have long worried about ...

[7] Emperor Qin Shi Huang was the first leader to unify China and started the Qin dynasty. While scientists are confident that the mausoleum belonged to Emperor Qin Shi Huang, they have not yet ...