Researchers studying the burial complex surrounding China’s Terracotta Army have identified a large underground anomaly ...
More than two thousand years after Emperor Qin Shi Huang was buried near Xi’an, the central chamber of his vast mausoleum has never been opened. The famous Terracotta Army, discovered in 1974, stands ...
The chrome plating on the Terracotta Army bronze weapons—once thought to be the earliest form of anti-rust technology—derives from a decorative varnish rather than a preservation technique, finds a ...
Archaeologists studying China's famous "Terracotta Army" have uncovered what they believe to be a rare, life-size statue of a high-ranking military officer, local media report. The highly adorned ...
A man broke into the terracotta army museum in Xi’an, China last Friday, damaging two of the ancient clay warriors—some of China’s most prized archaeological treasures—before being detained by ...
One of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time is the Terracotta Warriors, a literal army of 7,000 life-size soldier and horse funerary statues buried in pits near the tomb of Qin Shi ...
French artist Prune Nourry is exploring this issue of gender selection in China by riffing off of one of its most iconic heritage sites: the Terracotta Warriors. Like her Holy Daughters, the ...