The written sources explain that Qin Shi Huangdi sought potions to extend his life and dispatched envoys to look for such elixirs. His great tomb is a testament to the quest of immortality ...

By 221 BCE, the final kingdom fell, and Zheng proclaimed himself Qin Shi Huangdi or "First Sovereign ... he also ordered the construction of a huge tomb near Xi'an, in Shaanxi province.

Although his empire crumbled shortly after his death, Qin Shi Huang’s legacy lives on. His mysterious tomb continues to spark fascination, embodying the paradox of a ruler who, in his quest for ...

The tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor who reigned from 221 BC to 210 BC, has remained untouched for more than 2,200 years. Buried in Shaanxi Province, this site was discovered in 1974 by ...

Five of the Terracotta Warriors are on loan to the Bowers, where they will be displayed to the public starting Saturday, May ...

He was called Qin Shi Huang or "First Emperor of Qin." He standardized the written script, weights and measures, and currency, and established the system of prefectures and counties. The ...

when they had thousands of the clay soldiers to prepare for guarding Qin Shi Huang’s tomb, the first emperor of China in 221 B.C., in his afterlife. And at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana ...