The statue, believed to be of a high-ranking military commander, was discovered at the famous Terracotta Army site in China, where thousands of life-size clay warriors stand ...

Buried in silt, the statue was broken apart ... is believed to be Qin Shi Huang’s capital, Xianyang. Throughout the 50-year excavation, crews have continued to unearth new warriors, each ...

Considering the army’s purpose, archaeologists and historians take the Shih Chi for its word, insisting the statues were intended to decorate and watch over the Qin Shi Huang’s tomb for all ...

The 2,000-year-old military general figurine is the tenth of its kind to be excavated from the emperor Qin Shi Huang’s tomb, which may hold up to 8,000 clay statues Sonja Anderson Daily ...

The newly found statues are believed to be located in ... coinciding with an exhibition at the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum featuring 230 artifacts, several of which are on display for the ...

The statue, found buried in silt ... Experts believe the army was buried to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in the afterlife. His grand burial site, located near Xi'an, was ...

Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign. The terracotta warriors of the “underground army” guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the world.

By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of Qin Shi Huang Di—the First Emperor of Qin. During his rule, Qin standardized coins, weights, and measures ...

The 2,000-year-old military general figurine is the tenth of its kind to be excavated from the emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb, which may hold up to 8,000 clay statues Sonja Anderson The sosaku hanga ...

The fresh find features a statue of a high-ranking commander ... There was scant historical record of the massive burial site of Qin Shi Huang—the first emperor of China, who ruled from ...

He was called Qin Shi Huang or "First Emperor of Qin." He standardized the written script, weights and measures, and currency, and established the system of prefectures and counties. The ...