High on the windswept Tibetan Plateau, at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet (4.27 km), a stone inscription has sparked a historic debate, casting new light on one of China’s most enduring mysteries ...

The quest for immortality is one of the great conceits that have been forged since the dawn of civilization. The tomb of the Chinese Emperor Qin (Chin) Shihauangdi, who established the first empire ...

A team of archaeologists in China has uncovered a 2,246-year-old stone inscription on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The archaeological discovery sheds light on a previously unknown chapter of Chinese ...

The pursuit of immortality was commonplace among the most powerful of people in ancient China - emperors. An archaeologist checks a wooden slip from the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) in Longshan county, ...

It took 720,000 workers and nearly 40 years to build the mausoleum. The last workers and their supervisors were buried alive along with the dead emperor, taking the secret of its construction to their ...

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 ...

DEEP in the ancient burial grounds of China’s first emperor, archaeologists made a discovery that could rewrite the story of one of the world’s most enigmatic military forces. Hidden among the famed ...

In a dual presentation of Chinese art and culture past and present, the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series at the National Gallery of Victoria presents China’s ancient Terracotta Warriors alongside ...

CHANGSHA - The pursuit of immortality was commonplace among the most powerful of people in ancient China - emperors. According to new archaeological findings, China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang, even ...