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

Only a few, and not Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang’s entire terracotta army, traveled to Bangkok, but even these four earthenware statues are enough to draw in history buffs and the archeology ...

This discovery adds a new chapter to the legend of Qin Shi Huang, long known for sending the alchemist Xu Fu eastward, possibly towards Japan, in search of the elixir of life.

First, ordinary people’s common judgment, which has lasted for thousands of years, that Qin Shi Huangdi was a tyrant, and that tyrants should be condemned.

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Platoons of clay soldiers were buried with China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang Di, to accompany him during his eternal rest.

After discovering the Terracotta Warriors and mercury, some researchers think there could be traps within Qin Shi Huang’s tomb.

The Terracotta Army, also called the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huangdi (the first emperor of China – 260-210 B.C.).