According to the inscription, five top-ranking officials had been ordered to seek medicinal herbs near Mount Kunlun, a ...

When Qin Shi Huang ascended as ruler of the Qin tribe in 246 B.C., China had been at war for 200 years. Seven major states were battling each other for dominance in the land, ...

A great example of these revamped leaders is Qin Shi Huang's China. Qin has two different entries, each with a different Leader Bonus which allows for some vastly different approaches when it ...

Centuries-old Chinese artifacts have been damaged after a tourist visiting the Museum of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi, China, leapt over a guardrail and into a pit. On ...

Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum holds an estimated 8,000 terra-cotta soldiers. Danny Lehman via Getty Images. In March 1974, a group of peasants digging a well in China’s drought-parched Shaanxi ...

Despite the tyranny of his autocratic rule, Qin Shi Huang is regarded as a pivotal figure. After conquering the independent Chinese state in 221 BCE, he ruled as king over all of established China.

China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, was a man haunted by death. In 246 B.C. the adolescent ruler commissioned a massive tomb furnished with everything he'd need for the next life, including an ...

Qin Shi Huang (pronounced "chin shuh hwang") was born in 259 B.C., first son to the king of Qin, one of six independent kingdoms inside modern China.

A documentary explores the mausoleum complex of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang, most famous for its collection of some 8,000 soldiers. Skip to Main Content Explore Our Brands ...

The 7,000 soldiers buried with Qin Shi Huang in 210 B.C. were made of clay. But the bronze weapons the terra cotta army carried into the enormous tomb complex near Xi’an in western China were ...

BURIED treasure. An emperor's booby-trapped tomb. Nervous archaeologists. Sounds like a job for Indiana Jones.