China already had a long history by the time its states were unified under its first emperor. Settlements in ... According to Han historian Sima Qian, they also built “border defenses along ...

The dead emperor had a piece of chan jade in mouth, and was wrapped in "jade clothes sewn with gold thread." Tombs of emperors in the Han Dynasty were marked by earth mounds packed into square ...

Archaeologists exploring a nearly 2,200-year-old Chinese tomb belonging to an emperor of the Han Dynasty recently stumbled on a treasure: the oldest tea ever found. This new find not only provides ...

The Yiangjiawan terracotta army is believed to be part of the mausoleum of a high-ranking general who lived during the reign of the first Han dynasty emperor Gaozu. Gaozu succeeded the emperor Qin ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China ... Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's ...

The dead emperor had a piece of chan jade in mouth, and was wrapped in "jade clothes sewn with gold thread." Tombs of emperors in the Han Dynasty were marked by earth mounds packed into square ...