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

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 ...

The monochrome figures that visitors to Xian’s terra-cotta army museum see today actually ... time—or the exposure to air that comes with discovery and excavation. In earlier digs ...

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

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 ...

China’s other terracotta army. To understand why ... To date, hundreds of Han tombs have been discovered in and around Xuzhou, of which the public can visit just two. Concealed on the western ...

Dan Snow breathes new life into incredible archaeological discoveries, including Egypt's Valley of the Kings and the Roman town of Pompeii. He explores how each discovery reached their crescendo, ...