In an earthen pit in central China, under what used to be their ... brilliant hues that hint at the original glory of the terra-cotta warriors. The monochrome figures that visitors to Xian ...

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 Who Was the Real Cleopatra? (03:31 ...

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

Think terracotta warriors and usually only one Chinese ... To understand why, you need to know a little Chinese history. Today, Xuzhou might not be as famous as nearby capital Nanjing or Shanghai ...

A momentous discovery was made by a group of farmers in the Shaanxi province, China, on 29 March 1974. Yang Zhifa, his five ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known ... Shaanxi Provincial Archaeology Institute, told the China Daily. (Read more about the complicated history surrounding the burial complex and see a map ...

The exhibition "Qin Shihuang: Chinese Terracotta Warriors" featuring hundreds of palace-level cultural relics featuring terracotta warriors will be exhibited at the British Museum on September 13.

who died in 210 B.C. What else do you know about the Terracotta Army, which the Chinese often call the "eighth wonder of the world"? Time to marshal your knowledge of dynastic China and take our quiz!