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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, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

Following a failed attempt to restore the monarchy in 1917, it was decided in 1922 that the sixteen-year-old former emperor should marry. He indifferently examined photographs of a selection of ...

Back in Medieval China, Emperor Wu was the daughter of a lumber merchant and the only woman ever to rule China in her own right. At first, she ruled as regent for her sickly and boring husband ...

Discover the story of China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang was born on 18 February in 259 BC. Famed for his army of terracotta warriors built to protect him for eternity, the Emperor is ...