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 ...

The ancient army was stationed just east of a necropolis surrounding the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi and was meant to stand guard during the emperor’s afterlife. Figures of acrobats and musicians ...

Toxic liquid mercury rivers, built as a miniature map of the emperor's kingdom, are just one of the many potential risks to opening this inner-most sanctum of the emperor Qin Shi Huangdi's tomb.

The thousands of clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang’s tomb are enduring representations of the ruler’s legacy Arthur Lubow; Updated by Sonja Anderson Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum holds an ...

Toxic liquid mercury rivers, built as a miniature map of the emperor's kingdom, are just one of the many potential risks to opening this inner-most sanctum of the emperor Qin Shi Huangdi's tomb.

writes in The Times about the terracotta warriors from Qin Shi Huangdi’s mausoleum, which will be displayed next month at his museum, in the largest exhibition of objects from the tomb complex ...

As he kept digging, he realized he had discovered an ancient clay statue. Archeologists knew the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi, had an underground mausoleum somewhere in the area. But the ...