The burial mound of China’s first emperor has remained untouched since workers sealed it in 208 BC, even as the surrounding ...

Due to preservation risks, mercury hazards, and inadequate conservation technology, Qin Shi Huang’s tomb has remained sealed ...

Half a century ago, Chinese farmers stumbled upon an enormous underground mausoleum full of life-size clay people, animals and military equipment. Archaeologists think that the tomb may be an entire ...

Qin shi huang Emperor of China 259 B.C.-210 B.C Introduction: Elephants, steamed duck and warring states -- The heart of a tiger or wolf -- The Grand Scribe's Records and the place of the Sleeping ...

The discovery of a major section of the Qin Straight Road sheds new light on how China’s first emperor moved armies across vast distances.

First published in 2007 by The British Museum Press ... London ... This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 13 September 2007 to ...

Presented by the British Museum this is the story of the most famous army in the world. A triumph of early mass production and craftmanship, they were dreamt up by a man whose face we will never know; ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...