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

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

who died in 210 B.C. What else do you know about the Terracotta Army, which the Chinese often call the "eighth wonder of the world"? Time to marshal your knowledge of dynastic China and take our quiz!

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 diggers notified Chinese authorities ... behind them are wooden chariots. The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor ...

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.

What Yang and her friends are doing, in fact, is piecing together the 2,200-year-old mystery of the terra-cotta army ... ancient paint, alas, adheres to dirt more readily than to lacquer—Chinese ...