The man who first unified China in 221 BCE was so determined to live forever that he commanded a group of alchemists to venture to a mythical mountain in search of the source of eternal youth. Evidence of this harebrained mission has now been discovered on the shore of Gyaring Lake on the Tibetan Plateau, where researchers came across a stone inscription bearing details of the group’s journey. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Qin Shi Huang , the first emperor of China and founder of the Qin Dynasty , is widely reported to have been obsessed with immortality and is thought to have commissioned numerous expeditions to find the elixir of life during his reign. However, direct traces of these wild goose chases are hard to

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