Before the statue entered the kiln, it was sculpted with further details—from its hair to its dress. Similar to ancient Greek and Roman statues, the terracotta warriors were originally painted ...
The statue’s wide-open arms, spanning 92 feet, seem to personally welcome the more than 4 million visitors who make the trek to see the monument each year. But now, its management and future are ...
The breakthrough came in Pit Two of the sprawling mausoleum in Shaanxi province, where researchers unearthed a life-sized statue believed to depict a high-ranking general. Distinguished by its ...
Pete McWilliam/Castle Rock Brewery Supported by By Ali Watkins At six feet, the statue was taller than the man ever was. Carved roughly from limestone, his large shoulders hunched under a bright ...
Chinese actress Liu Shi Shi, 37, and her husband, 54-year-old Taiwanese actor Nicky Wu, are reportedly no longer bound by marriage or finances. Chinese actress Liu Shi Shi. Photo from Liu's Instagram ...
Terracotta army in Xi’an, China. Credit: xiquinhosilva / CC BY 2.0 Archaeologists in Xi’an, China have unearthed a rare terracotta statue believed to depict a high-ranking general. The discovery comes ...
Archaeologists in Xi’an, China have unearthed a rare terracotta statue believed to depict a high-ranking general. The discovery comes from Pit No. 2 at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the burial site ...
Terri captured a sweet video of her granddaughter playing by a statue of herself at the Australia Zoo Terri Irwin/Instagram (2) Bindi Irwin’s daughter Grace Warrior sees her grandmother Terri as ...
The statue, discovered at the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty, under which China was unified after centuries of political turmoil, is the first of its kind to be ...
The Bahra 1 site, where the statues were found, has been a focal point for research on ancient Stone Age societies in Arabia since 2009. Excavations at the site have given insights into the Ubaid ...
The statue is thought to depict Septimius Severus, who ruled from 193 to 211 C.E. It had likely been part of a larger collection of sculptures from a shrine in Bubon where Roman emperors were ...