Qin dynasty
First Imperial dynasty in China
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| 2024 | A second sequel, 'A Legend', was released, completing the film trilogy that began with 'The Myth'. |
| May 11 2024 | Stephen Sommers told The Hollywood Reporter he would be interested in a new installment if it was 'something really special'. |
| 2022 | A study was conducted comparing the facial features of terracotta warriors with contemporary Chinese populations, finding statistically no significant difference, particularly among northern and western Chinese populations. |
| October 12 2022 | Brendan Fraser publicly expressed openness to revisiting the franchise, stating he would be interested if the right concept was developed. |
| 2021 | Morphological studies revealed a strong resemblance between the terracotta warrior statues and modern local inhabitants, suggesting the figures were modeled on actual soldiers. |
| 2019 | Over 1000 bamboo slips containing the rules for Liubo were discovered in the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, potentially providing the most comprehensive historical documentation of the game's rules to date. |
| 2019 | Research reveals that the previously believed chromium dioxide protective coating on weapons was actually contamination from nearby lacquer, challenging earlier preservation theories. |
| February 9 2018 | 'China's First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors' exhibition at the World Museum in Liverpool, running until 28 October 2018. |
| 2017 | The first sequel to 'The Myth', titled 'Kung Fu Yoga', was released. |
| June 2017 | The rebooted Mummy film was released, which failed critically and financially, effectively ending the Dark Universe. |
| April 3 2017 | 'Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties' exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, featuring Terracotta Army figures, running until 16 July 2017. |
| March 15 2013 | Terracotta Army soldiers and related items displayed at the Historical Museum of Bern, running until 17 November 2013. |
| April 4 2012 | Universal Pictures announced plans to reboot the Mummy franchise, cancelling potential sequels to Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. |
| February 11 2011 | Exhibition 'L'Empereur guerrier de Chine et son armée de terre cuite' hosted by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, featuring terracotta statues, running until 26 June 2011. |
| 2010 | The Myth was adapted into a television series, with Jackie Chan as the producer. Hu Ge starred as Yi Xiaochuan, a contemporary photographer who time travels to the Qin dynasty and assumes the identity of Meng Yi. |
| 2010 | Census recorded that the built-up area of Xianyang, consisting of Qindu and Weicheng districts, had 945,420 inhabitants. |
| August 28 2010 | Exhibition hosted at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Sweden, running until 20 January 2011. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Meng Yi, Dujiangyan, The Myth (film), Terracotta Army, Xianyang, Liubo & The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.