This era, called the Warring States period, ended when Qin Shi Huang unified ancient China into an empire and became its first emperor. Around 400 years later, the Han dynasty broke apart ...

A man has reportedly jumped into a pit at the terracotta warriors museum in China, damaging two of the famous ancient clay ...

Still later he killed Hu Hai; after that the Qin Dynasty fell into chaos ... "conspicuous" among all the eunuchs in ancient China. Li Fuguo, Tang Dynasty Li was smart, good at flattering but ...

Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of ancient Qin and Han tombs in Toksun County, near the city of Turpan in northwest China's Xinjiang autonomous region. The findings are part of the country's ...

A tourist has damaged two ancient clay figures from the terracotta army, one of China's foremost archaeological treasures.

“World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century” is on view through Oct. 16 ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...