- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor China Inscribed :1987 Criteria: C (i) (iii) (iv) (vi) Justification for Inscription: Report of the 11th Session of the Committee Brief description: No doubt thousands of statues still remain to be unearthed at this archaeological site, which was not discovered until 1974. Qin (d. 210 B.C.), the first unifier of China, is buried, surrounded by the famous ...whc.unesco.org/sites/441.htm