Chinese actress-producer Liu Xiaoqing will star in and co-produce “Empress,” a U.S. television series in development about the seventh and eighth century empress Wu Zetian, Variety has learned ...

Empress Wu Zetian, the only woman to rule China as emperor, reigned during the Tang dynasty and subsequently founded her own Zhou dynasty. Her reign lasted from 690 to 705 AD. A shrewd strategist, she ...

When Empress Wu Zetian ascended the throne, she built many temples and Buddha statues. Many Buddha statues in the Longmen Grottoes in today's Luoyang in Henan province were constructed during her ...

The drama will be centered on Wu Zetian, the only female empress in the history of China. By Lesley Goldberg Chris Newman, Xu Yan, Kia Jam - Publicity - H 2016 With the end of Game of Thrones in sight ...

Her life story makes most modern success stories look pitifully feeble. Even Cleopatra would have had a hard time keeping up with Empress Wu. Empress Wu was the concubine of a not-very-bright emperor.

After dynasties of carving and centuries of worship and protection, the Longmen Grottoes in central China's Henan Province has gained its unique reputation as a Buddhist site of the only empress in ...

Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with diamond dust “Wu Zetian” belongs to “The Empresses”, a series of five glorious prints carefully composed of butterfly wings that ...

The 1,300-year-old tomb of one of ancient China's most influential women has been found in Shaanxi Province, adding another chapter to a soap-opera tale of slavery, redemption, intrigue and beheading.

47 x 47 in. (119.4 x 119.4 cm.) Damien Hirst’s ‘Wu Zetian’ is laminated giclée print on aluminum composite panel with glittering diamond dust, and is one in a series of five mesmerizing prints in ‘The ...

According to ancient records, Wu Zetian had big eyes, a long neck, a big face and a square forehead. Anyway, Wu Zetian would not look like Fan Bingbing, who has the little face of a modern beauty.