The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor ... the soul of the emperor. Experimental pits dug around the tomb have revealed ...

Toxic liquid mercury rivers, built as a miniature map of the emperor's kingdom ... of a curse on the tomb, and certainly the ...

The mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang (the first Emperor of Qin ... displays the skill and craftsman-ship of the country's tomb construction and has spawn many anecdotes which have endured through ...

A World Heritage Site, the tomb of Mughal Emperor Humayun is ... It broke away from modest mausoleum designs like that of first Mughal Emperor Babur and set the tone for grand royal mausolea ...

In 1974, farmers in Shaanxi, China, uncovered the terracotta army guarding Qin Shi Huang’s tomb—a burial site of China’s first emperor, hidden for 2,200 years. Though archaeologists have ...