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

A group of researchers in China’s Shaanxi province uncovered what initially appeared to be ordinary clay fragments, but which ultimately turned out to be a historic discovery – the famed Terracotta ...

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 ...

Due to preservation risks, mercury hazards, and inadequate conservation technology, Qin Shi Huang’s tomb has remained sealed for more than two millennia. In 1974, farmers in Shaanxi Province uncovered ...

Archaeologists unearthed a 2,200-year-old Qin Straight Road in China, a 900 km marvel built by Qin Shi Huang to swiftly move troops. This engineering feat, featuring rammed earth and filled valleys, ...

Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years. The tomb of Qin Shu Huang, who ruled from 221 BC to 210 BC, is guarded by a ...

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a stretch of the celebrated Qin Straight Road, one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in human history. The discovery of the 13km (8-mile) stretch ...

Booby traps and mercury rivers guard one of the world’s most mysterious tombs. The resting place of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, is as fascinating as it is forbidding. Discovered in 1974, ...

Deadly traps, rivers of mercury, and an emperor obsessed with eternal life — the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, remains one of archaeology’s greatest enigmas. Discovered in 1974, ...

The life-sized terracotta soldiers protecting the tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi (259 BC-210 BC), were accidentally found by well-diggers in 1974. Since the discovery of the First ...