When Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang banned, then burned books it caused a loss of knowledge for all of humanity. Now book bans ...

Some ancient sections of Great Wall of China in Shandong Province south of Beijing are 300 years older than previously ...

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 ...

History shows Xinjiang's fate has always been part of the Chinese nation, and the region's development reflects the evolution ...

According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after taking the throne. More than 700,000 laborers worked on ...

Archaeologists Stunned To Discover An Emperor Obsessed With Immortality Possibly Used Mercury to Prolong His Life The mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China has always been an object of intrigue ...

multi-ethnic feudal state in Chinese history — the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.). He called himself Qin Shi Huang or "First Emperor of Qin." He standardized the written script, weights and measures ...

Zhao Gao, a high-ranking official of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.), gifted the emperor with a deer, insisting it was a horse. Laughing, the amused emperor asked his entourage what they thought.

The discoveries are significant for Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC) historical research. The remains of high-grade ancient architecture, the remains indicate that the region around the Jingcheng Xincun ...