The Terracotta Army Of China Is World Famous, But Few Are Aware Of Another Incredible Discovery Only A Few Miles Away ...

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

Half a century ago, Chinese farmers stumbled upon an enormous underground mausoleum full of life-size clay people, animals and military equipment. Archaeologists think that the tomb may be an ...

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 ...

the first emperor of a united China. The warriors surround his mausoleum, which remains unopened to this day. While we might be familiar with the image of the Terracotta Army as rows and rows of ...

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.

In 1974, farmers in Shaanxi, China, uncovered the terracotta army guarding Qin Shi Huang ... For now, Qin Shi Huang’s tomb remains sealed, an ancient mystery protected by time, superstition ...

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.