Since the early Western Han Dynasty there had taken place a large-scale removal of merited personnel and high officials, their kith and kin and families to Changling to protect Emperor Wu Di's tomb.

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 ...

“Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China’s First Emperor” explains the rise of the Qin Shi Huangdi’s ancestors through objects that are martial, religious, and mundane. A bronze tripod or “ding” from ...

Entering the exhibition hall, visitors view a giant bronze ding caldron on their left ... containing the underground palace of the emperor, the carriages used by him and the mausoleum buildings ...

Here, series presenter Rana Mitter tells the story of Wu Zetian, the female Emperor. Only one woman has ever sat on China’s throne as Emperor in her own right. That woman was Wu Zetian (624-705 ...

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 ...

If an army grew dissatisfied, the emperor was in trouble; if dissatisfaction spread further, he was finished. Civil war had brought Caesar to power. Once emperor and without an obvious heir ...

Disfigured, awkward and clumsy, Claudius (10 BC – 54 AD / Reigned 41 – 54 AD) was the black sheep of his family and an unlikely emperor. Once in place, he was fairly successful, but his poor ...

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The emperor is the largest living penguin species standing around 115cm tall. Once they have found a partner they usually mate for life and work together to keep their young fed and safe. They might ...

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"One World Under Doom is the umbrella, impacting not just The Rise of Emperor Doom, but the entire Marvel Universe," added Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort. "To the Avengers, Spider-Man and ...