Qin Shi Huang famously sent alchemists east to Japan seeking immortality. Now, a newly discovered inscription suggests he ...

Creating thousands of live-size soldier statues to protect the mausoleum of China's first emperor was a massive operation, requiring many steps and close collaboration. Thousands of life-size ...

The Ming dynasty’s Jiajing emperor (r. 1521-1567) is believed to have been the first ruler to use it. Surrounded by dragons, the elevated throne is ornately decorated with gold and precious stones.

Recent excavations at the Suyukou site in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have unveiled porcelain wares produced nearly 1,000 years ago during the Western Xia Dynasty (1038–1227 ...

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High on the windswept Tibetan Plateau, at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet (4.27 km), a stone inscription has sparked a ...

China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang, ... It testifies to the founding of the first unified empire—the Qin Dynasty, which during the third century BC, wielded unprecedented political, ...

The technology has been applied in studies of the Erlitou site, widely believed to be a late capital of the Xia Dynasty (c.21st century-16th century BC), enabling researchers to confirm that the ...

This was not the first time that Xi emphasized the importance of the origin-tracing project. ... widely believed to be a late capital of the Xia Dynasty (c.21st century-16th century BC), ...

Museums & Institutions China’s Famed Terracotta Warriors Damaged by Museum Visitor. The man broke into an enclosure and damaged two archaeological treasures before security was able to intervene.

Sima Qian was born around 145BCE during the Han dynasty. ... This is what he said about the young Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of a unified China who ruled from 246 BCE to 210 BCE: ...

In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the Emperor doesn’t appear on screen.Darth Vader and other characters mention him, but his first actual scene doesn’t come until The Empire Strikes Back ...