Qin Shi Huang's tomb In 1974, farmers in China's Shaanxi province accidentally unearthed one of the biggest archaeological(old thing) finds of the 20th century the life size terracotta army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 B.C. – 210 B.C.). The not clearly carved figures aren't a mystery:- Historians know that the clay army was created to defend China's first emperor in the after life. What is not known, however, is where exactly the emperor is buried or what treasures his burial chamber might contain. A pyramid shaped mausoleum(cemetry) is located about a mile to the northeast of where the terracotta army was discovered. However, no one has actually entered the mausoleum that holds Qin Shi Huang's remains. The first emperor's final resting place is the most opulent tomb ever constructed in China, according to ancient documents describing its construction. An underground palace, complete with a surrounding "kingdom," the mau