Using both historical accounts and evidence from the coffin itself, archaeologists are hoping to determine whether the tomb ...

By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin. During his rule, Qin standardized coins, weights, and measures ...

Ziying was not prepared to be a puppet and put Zhao Gao to death, but surrendered to Xiang Yu’s subordinate Liu Bang in late 207 BCE, marking the end of the Qin dynasty. In 206 BCE, Xiang Yu ...