A poem titled "Passing by the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang" was written by Wang Wei (701-761) of the Tang Dynasty: Like a green ridge is the ancient tomb, Deep is the palace like a purple ...

The 2,000-year-old military general figurine is the tenth of its kind to be excavated from the emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb, ...

By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the ... for the soul of the emperor. Experimental pits dug around the tomb have revealed dancers ...

In 221 B.C., Ying Zheng, ruler of the State of Qin and a man of great talent and bold vision, ended the 250-odd years of rivalry among the independent principalities during the Warring States ...

New additions to the Terracotta Army have been unearthed in China, adding a drop more to the mystery of how ancient artisans ...

The tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, has remained a mystery for over 2,200 years. Discovered in 1974 by farmers in Shaanxi province, the site includes a vast underground mausoleum ...

The Chinese Qin Emperor's Terracotta Army is 8,000 soldiers strong and has been referred to as the eighth World Wonder.

The tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, has remained a mystery for over 2,200 years. Discovered in 1974 by farmers in Shaanxi province, the site includes a vast underground mausoleum ...

Archaeologists working at the vast tomb of the famous terracotta ... The statue, discovered at the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty, under which China was unified ...

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