One of the greatest archeological discoveries in Chinese history, the Terracotta Warriors, is returning to the Houston Museum ...

World-famous life-size clay soldiers discovered in a burial pit in Xian, China, plus newly discovered ancient artifacts are ...

The gap between fantasy and reality has narrowed dramatically when it comes to what we know of China’s tyrannical first ...

Archaeologists unearthed a 16-ton treasure-filled tomb in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, untouched by grave robbers for over 2,000 years. The tomb may belong to Prince Gao, a Qin dynasty ...

The detail carved into the sole of a shoe. Think about, said Seán O’Harrow, the attention craftsmen put into the famed Terracotta Warriors that they carved a realistic shoe sole on a statue of a ...

Today, that site is once again making headlines. Archaeologists have unearthed a gigantic coffin weighing 16 tonnes, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Danny Lehman/Getty Images Archaeologists studying China's famous "Terracotta Army" have ...

When you're first confronted by Qin Shi Huang's famed, life-sized, terra-cotta soldiers, your Hollywood-damaged brain is tempted to see them as re-creations, as fiberglass props. They're like ...

China's famous Terra Cotta Warriors will live for a while at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. Two thousand years ago, the statue soldiers guarded the tomb of China's first emperor. KPCC's Susan Valot ...

A male tourist jumped into a pit at the Museum of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi, China, on May 30 The man was described as a 30-year-old "domestic tourist" by local ...

Creating thousands of live-size soldier statues to protect the mausoleum of China's first emperor was a massive operation, requiring many steps and close collaboration. Thousands of life-size ...