Meet Belisarius, the legendary general known as "The Emperor’s Sword." Discover how his loyalty to Emperor Justinian and his unmatched tactical brilliance laid the foundation for some of the ...

Young Emperor. Ying Zheng took the throne in 246 B.C. at the age of 13. By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin.

Chinese scientists have reconstructed the face of 6th Century monarch Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains - and it's not what you might expect ...