In a remarkable discovery at China's illustrious Terracotta Army site, archaeologists have unearthed a rare 2,000 year old statue thought to be that of a top military official. The clay figure was ...

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 ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

What Yang and her friends are doing, in fact, is piecing together the 2,200-year-old mystery of the terra-cotta army, part of the ... to air that comes with discovery and excavation.

A well-digging project unearths a clay head, leading to the discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warriors, complete with their bronze armaments.

A well-digging project unearths a clay head, leading to the discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warriors, complete with their bronze armaments.