The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, located at the foot of Lishan Mountain in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, is the tomb of Ying Zheng (259-210 B.C.), China's first emperor.

The tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang was filled with fine vessels, precious stones and other rarities according to Sima Qian's record. Liu Xiang, another famous scholar before Sima Qian, wrote in one ...

While the central burial mound of Emperor Qin Shi Huang remains sealed, the surrounding discoveries continue to redefine what ...

Young Emperor. Ying Zheng took the throne in 246 B.C. at the age of 13. By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin.

The tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor who reigned from 221 BC to 210 BC, has remained untouched for more than 2,200 years. Buried in Shaanxi Province, this site was discovered in 1974 ...

Chinese archaeologists have made distilled wine in a replica of a bronze vessel unearthed from an emperor’s tomb dating back 2,000 years – using taro and the same process believed to have been ...

Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze vat may help rewrite China’s drinking history.Although famous medical texts like the 16th century Ming Dynasty’s ...

Chinese archaeologists say they have discovered the first complete skeleton of a giant panda in an ancient emperor’s tomb, a status symbol that sheds light on royal burial rituals from more than ...

News; World news; China; Explorer comes eerily close to tomb of Chinese emperor experts are too scared to open The tomb complex of Qin Xi Huang in China, which is most famous for its life-sized ...