Emperor Wu was credited with unifying northern China in a particularly chaotic time. Researchers recovered ancient DNA from his remains, which included a nearly intact skull. After analyzing the ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife ... "It is best to keep the ancient tomb untouched ...

In ancient China, carriages hitched to horses or oxen ... They have made appearances in Chinese lore and history, though. Emperor Wu, or Sima Yan, founder of the Western Jin Dynasty, was said ...

The 2,000-year-old military general figurine is the tenth of its kind to be excavated from the emperor Qin Shi Huang ... in the sprawling tomb of the ancient Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang ...

It is the biggest imperial mausoleum in ancient China. In 196I, the State Council decided the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang would be a key cultural relic under state protection. Emperor ...

There is a story that the first Chin emperor used the divining board and compass in court to affirm his right to the throne. Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was ...

Photographed at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental ... Cheng is researching herbal treatments based on ancient Chinese formulas, including a cancer treatment that is currently in drug ...

This jade bi, already over three thousand years old when the Emperor decided to study it, is a fine, plain disc with a hole in the centre, of a type often found in ancient Chinese tombs.

Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze vat may help rewrite China’s drinking ... of the artifacts and followed ancient distillation recipes that included ...