China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, still lies in an unopened burial chamber beneath a vast earthen mound, yet modern instruments are detecting mercury in the soil and air above it. A peer-reviewed ...

A sealed stone coffin weighing roughly 16 tons, discovered in the sprawling necropolis surrounding the Terracotta Army near ...

The Forbidden City in Beijing was China's imperial palace from 1420 to 1924 and is now a major museum.

History becomes legend. Legend becomes myth. At best, historians hope that at least a kernel of truth lingers lost among centuries’ worth of embellishment, propaganda, and hype. But the gap between ...