The tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, is part of a vast, city-sized complex, but the central mound containing the ...

Digging down into the Earth, they hit a statue of what they first assumed to be the Buddha. Investigations by archaeologists ...

The Terracotta Army revealed an empire beneath the soil – but the emperor’s tomb remains sealed, guarded by mercury, traps and time.

The largest tomb in the world isn’t hidden in some jungle or lost island… it’s sitting in China, and almost no one dares to ...

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When you're first confronted by Qin Shi Huang's famed, life-sized, terra-cotta soldiers, your Hollywood-damaged brain is tempted to see them as re-creations, as fiberglass props. They're like ...

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An ancient collection of chariots has been uncovered in China, dating back over 2,000 years. The chariots were found near the Chinese city of Xi'an, in one of the tombs of the mausoleum of China's ...

Archaeologists are too scared to open up the tomb of China’s first emperor for one reason ...

Outside the ancient city of Xi’an in China stands one of the world’s most astonishing archaeological discoveries: an army made entirely of clay, buried underground and facing east. Known today as the ...