Chenghou traces the legacy of ancient sage kings and praises the virtues of the previous kings of the Zhou Dynasty — King Wen ...

Researchers find rainy, humid climate in ancient north China contributed to agricultural boom and prosperity of Qin and Han ...

DEEP in the ancient burial grounds of China’s first emperor, archaeologists made a discovery that could rewrite the story of ...

Because of his tyranny and excessive tax collections the Qin Dynasty ended soon after his death. Portrait of Emperor Qinshihuang As the first huge ancient mausoleum in China, with a river in front ...

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

the first emperor of the Qin dynasty, under which China was unified after centuries of political turmoil, is the first of its kind to be found at a site known as pit No 2, according to Zhu Sihong ...

In Xi'an, Shaanxi province, archeologists recently unearthed remains of two chariots from the No 2 pit at the mausoleum ...

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 the imperial sacrificial department of the Qin dynasty and were then transported to Baoji." "These items show ancient Chinese sacrificial culture not only involved people's spiritual reverence ...

The life-size clay figurines offer new insights into the organization and structure of China's army 2,000 years ago.