These terracotta warriors, horses and bronze weapons represent the high level of handicraft of the Qin Dynasty. Each life-size warrior and horse figurine was made individually. Some of the ...

In 2011, archaeologists in China unearthed nine tombs guarded by the famous Terracotta Army, the 8,000 life-size sculptures ...

“But nearly every warrior here has passed through my hands ... The first emperor to unify China under a single dynasty, Qin Shi Huang Di packed a lot into his earthly reign, from 221 to ...

The sacrificial practices at the Xiazhan ruins site were established in the fourth year of Duke Xuan of Qin's reign and continued until their abolition in the late Western Han Dynasty, spanning ...

A rare decorated statue was uncovered among the “terracotta army” in the tomb of the ancient Chinese emperor Qin Shi […] ...

Qin Shi Huang had the work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign. When they were unearthed in 1974 in Xi'an, the terracotta warriors of the "underground army" of some 8,000 vivid ...

According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after taking the throne. More than 700,000 laborers worked on ...

A curator from the Houston Museum of Natural Science explains how the terra cotta warriors were discovered and what they reveal about China s Qin dynasty Fact or Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY ...

Think terracotta warriors and usually only one Chinese ... he led his Pei County militia in the revolt that defeated the unpopular Qin Dynasty. In its wake, defacto rebel leader General Xiang ...

A Chinese cultural event held on Sunday at the Malta Chinese School offered students an immersive experience of "ancient Xi'an," one of China's most historic cities.