Qin Shi Huang

And we're not even close to uncovering all of the legendary life-size warriors.

Two construction workers have been arrested for deliberately making an enormous hole you can drive through in the Great Wall of China.

Translatio Imperii Sinici & a Lesson in New Sinology   Zha Jianying's 'China's Heart of Darkness' is a five-part study of a political duo — Han Fei and Xi Jinping — that binds an autocratic

QUESTION: Hello Martin, Been reading your writings with keen interest for over 15 years now since while you were incarcerated. My question is: The way you paint a picture of the past economies going back hundreds and thousands of years through the discovery of coinage hoards is brilliant. How will a future "Martin Armstrong" from say

Aging, and the struggle against it, has long been a popular theme in classic and modern literature in human history. From the ill-fated Qin Shi Huang's expedition to the sea searching for eternal life to Count Dracula's popularity in the West, aging is a mystery that has captured the world's imagination for thousands of years and yet remains unsolved.

The Huns, fearsome nomads, helped destroy the Roman Empire.

[This post was primarily written in 2015, after I gave a related talk, and other bits in 2018; I decided to finish writing it now because of a recent SSC post.] …

Do modern Mongolians even want it to be found?

COMMENT: I remember you saying that Pope Francis would not be the last pope and that he would not last until 2032. Well, your critique of St. Malachy' will be

At least 11 people have reportedly been killed and 30 others are missing in China after a highway bridge partially collapsed following flooding and heavy storms.

The official Xinhua News Agency said five vehicles that fell off the bridge have been recovered after the structure in Shaanxi province crumbled on Friday.

A Delaware man that stole the thumb of an ancient terracotta warrior that was on loan from China to a Philadelphia art museum was sentenced recently.

Two people have been detained for damaging the Great Wall of China with an excavator while looking for a shortcut for their construction work, Shanxi police said.

STOCKHOLM, Oct 05 (IPS) - After President Putin had given a speech, garnered with accusations and myths, a mega-show at the Red Square celebrated the re-entry of four Ukrainian regions to the bosom of Mother Russia. This while a mass mobilization was preparing to throw hundreds of thousands of young men into the hell of war. Why are people trusting, supporting and even admiring a political leader like Putin? One of…

Months after one of Elon Musk's teenage children made the legal decision to disown him, the family of the world's richest man took to Twitter on Father's Day last week to reassure…

You wouldn't want to cross paths with these five ancient rulers, who were known for invasion and torture.

The Renaissance philosopher Montaigne quipped that "death has us by the scruff of the neck at every moment." He could have added: until, finally, it...

The emperor's "afterlife army" just got bigger.

Archaeologists have discovered lavish and grisly burials the world over.

People use names on a daily basis, but rarely stop to think about what they really mean. Take a look at how we got our names, and why they're more extraordinary than they seem.