Qin (d. 210 B.C.), the first unifier of China, is buried, surrounded by the famous terracotta warriors, at the centre of a complex designed to mirror the urban plan of the capital, Xianyan. The small ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known ... had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin. During his rule, Qin standardized coins ...

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

is piecing together the 2,200-year-old mystery of the terra-cotta army, part of the celebrated (and still dimly understood) burial complex of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang Di. It usually ...

Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years.

Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign. The terracotta warriors of the “underground army” guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the world.

The life-size warriors dated back to the 3rd Century BCE reign of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor ... While we might be familiar with the image of the Terracotta Army as rows and rows of brown ...

The world-famous Terracotta Army was constructed to accompany the ... models to represent the guard troops of the first emperor Qin Shi Huang. They were moulded in parts, fired, assembled and ...

Qin Shi Huang had the work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign. The terracotta warriors and horses of the "underground army" guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the ...