China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, remains a riddle. He ended centuries of conflict between warring factions, yet historians paint him as a violent oppressor. Ancient texts and artifacts reveal the life of this complicated and influential ruler.
Enter the royal tomb of China’s first emperor to discover how 700,000 labourers created a structure bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza—complete with an army of 8,000 life-size terracotta warriors—to replicate his enigmatic empire deep underground.
