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 ...

Qin (d. 210 B.C.), the first unifier of China, is buried, surrounded by the famous terracotta warriors, at the centre of a complex designed to mirror the urban plan of the capital, Xianyan. The small ...

China’s first emperor ended 800 years of feudalism, then the imperial system was replaced in 1912. Political shifts are a ...

Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China, in 1974 struck upon one ... historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after ...

He mobilized more than 300,000 people over a period of a dozen years to build the Great Wall, which stretches for 5,000 km in northern China. Qin Shi Huang had the work on his enormous mausoleum ...

A historic exhibition showcases artefacts from the Shang and Qin dynasties, drawing over a quarter million visitors.

The Qin dynasty terracotta warriors from Emperor Qin Shihuang’s tomb are some of the most significant and well-known Chinese relics, and now there’s a chance to see part of the 8,000-strong army right ...