It is being seen as the most significant event of its kind in the Australian state. The chance discovery of the Terracotta ...

A major showcase of Chinese artifacts of the famous Terracotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) will open this weekend in Perth, marking what is being seen as the most significant museum ...

BEIJING: A stone carving that some scholars believe dates back more than 2,200 years and could carry major cultural ...

But soon after Huang’s death in 210 B.C.E, the Qin dynasty quickly and violently collapsed. Marauders descended upon the Terracotta Army and stole their real weapons. Amid the violence, a fire broke ...

5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.

Besides the Qin dynasty’s standardisations pertaining to Chinese writing and currency, equally significant was that of carriages’ axle width Reading Time: 3 minutes Why you can trust SCMP ...

"Shutongwen," or "Writing the Same Script," was a policy implemented during the Qin Dynasty for unifying the different writing styles used throughout China at the time.

Qin Shi Huang’s Terracotta Army is thought to have been erected between 247 and 208 B.C.E., more than 2,200 years in the past. Although its origin is largely shrouded in mystery, one primary ...

Terracotta warrior from the burial complex of China’s Emperor Qin Shi Huang on view at World museum in Liverpool, the U.K., 2018. Photo by Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images.

In the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC), bamboo and wooden slips started to prevail as a written material and their dominance lasted until the Jin Dynasty (265-420).

The Qin Highway was one of the greatest engineering feats that the Qin Dynasty oversaw. Image: ImageChina. Qin Shi Huang was responsible for the construction of a huge national road and canal system ...