The first emperor of China was consumed by an obsessive quest for immortality. New archaeological findings reveal that Qin Shihuang, who marked the beginning of the Qin dynasty when he took power in ...

High on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in southwestern China and northeastern India, archaeologists recently discovered a 2,246-year-old stone inscription that might record one of the most mysterious ...

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, ...

Will humans live beyond 150 years by 2150? A high-stakes bet is underway over this question. In 2000, renowned biologist Professor Steven Austad of the University of Alabama bet on “possible,” while ...

China already had a long history by the time its states were unified under its first emperor. Settlements in the Yellow and Yangtze River Valleys had grown into an agricultural civilization. Between ...

Chinese farmers were digging a well in a rural area of Xi'an, China in 1974 when they came across pieces of what appeared to be ceramic armor. No one knew what it was at first. Turns out, the farmers ...

Creating thousands of live-size soldier statues to protect the mausoleum of China's first emperor was a massive operation, requiring many steps and close collaboration. Thousands of life-size ...