Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

High on the windswept Tibetan Plateau, at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet (4.27 km), a stone inscription has sparked a ...

According to the inscription, five top-ranking officials had been ordered to seek medicinal herbs near Mount Kunlun, a ...

Shortly after the emperor’s death, the Qin dynasty fell apart, to be replaced by the Han. In the turmoil of that transition, there is evidence that the pits were damaged by flooding and fire.

China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang, who reigned between 221BC and 210BC, ... It testifies to the founding of the first unified empire—the Qin Dynasty, ...

Izzy Capro, Devon Libro & Sydney Rettino sparked the Rumson-Fair Haven girls flag football team to its third straight SCT championship Tuesday night.

The oldest known bamboo slip dated from the Cao Wei state of the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) has been discovered during a study of 216 ­previously unreleased slips collected by the Gansu ...

Museums & Institutions China’s Famed Terracotta Warriors Damaged by Museum Visitor. The man broke into an enclosure and damaged two archaeological treasures before security was able to intervene.

A new exhibition at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, “World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century,” features previously unearthed treasures.

The soul of Yunnan shines brightest in its three most mesmerizing destinations: Dali, Lijiang, and Shangri-La. This journey unveils the province’s rich cultural tapestry, breathtaking alpine vistas, ...

Flag. Flag this item for. Graphic Violence ; Explicit Sexual Content ; Hate Speech ... Misleading/Inaccurate/Missing Metadata ; texts. Records of the Grand Historian. Qin dynasty by Sima, Qian, ...

In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming ...