Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

The terracotta warriors weigh up to 600 pounds. Due to their age and significance, they must be handled with the utmost ...

Many people know about the army of life-sized terracotta statues buried with Chinese first emperor Qin Shi Huang in the city of Xi’an. Discovered in 1974 and holding more than 8,000 clay ...

Called the Terracotta Army, there are no other burial sites that rival this underground army. And in recent years, new technologies have helped scientists understand how they came to be.

Discovered in the 1970s, the terra-cotta army was created 2,200 years ago to protect China’s first emperor in the afterlife. The land belonging to farmer Yang Zhifa in eastern China was covered ...

The Chinese Qin Emperor's Terracotta Army is 8,000 soldiers strong and has been referred to as the eighth World Wonder. The 2,200-year-old terracotta army is seen at the Qin Terracotta Warriors ...

Archaeologists uncovered additional terracotta warriors at the mausoleum of China’s first emperor. The fresh find features a statue of a high-ranking commander—the first statue of a commander ...

At more than 20 square miles, his tomb in China’s Shaanxi Province contains an estimated 8,000 life-size clay statues of soldiers known as the “terra-cotta army.” The terra-cotta warriors ...

as Bowers Chief Curator Tianlong Jiao and his Chinese counterpart orchestrated the delicate unpacking process of the ceramic army. The terracotta warriors are generally around 6 feet tall and ...