Local farmers discovered thousands of terracotta warrior statues in Shaanxi, China, in 1974. How much do you know about these ...

A rare decorated statue was uncovered among the "terracotta army" in the tomb of the ancient Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang.

On March 29, 1974, a group of Chinese farmers digging a well struck fragments of terra-cotta buried underground; ...

The monochrome figures that visitors to Xian’s terra-cotta army museum ... on the soil—the ancient paint, alas, adheres to dirt more readily than to lacquer—Chinese preservationists are ...

When farmers digging a well in 1974 discovered the Terracotta Army, commissioned by China’s first emperor two millennia ago, the sheer numbers were staggering: an estimated 7,000 soldiers ...

Discovery’s documentary “7 Wonders of China” introduces Terracotta Army, Hanging Temple, the Great Wall, Shi Bao Zhai Temple, Mount Wudang, Leshan Buddha and the Forbidden City, via Youtube ...

Archaeology is the scientific study of past human life and activities through the recovery and analysis of material remains, including artifacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. It also holds the key ...

The terra-cotta army ... the ancient tomb untouched, because of the complex conditions inside," Duan Qinbao, a researcher with the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeology Institute, told the China Daily.

The exhibition "Qin Shihuang: Chinese Terracotta Warriors" featuring hundreds of palace-level cultural relics featuring terracotta warriors will be exhibited at the British Museum on September 13.

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