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 Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content ...

This incredible, mysterious site was one of the 20th century's most groundbreaking discoveries, and it's a place that's still ...

which was halted in 209 B.C. amid uprisings a year after Qin's death. To date, four pits have been partially excavated. Three are filled with the terra-cotta soldiers, horse-drawn chariots ...

These terracotta warriors, horses and bronze weapons represent the high level of handicraft of the Qin Dynasty. Each life-size warrior and horse figurine was made individually. Some of the ...

Qin’s army of clay soldiers and horses was not a somber ... the fractures and imperfections of the terra-cotta warriors were plastered over. Now, reflecting the evolution of the museum’s ...

At least three Terracotta Warriors ... soldiers with varying facial features, hairstyles, and garb. The individuals even appear to reflect the various ethnic and cultural groups that fell under ...

Qin Shi Huangdi, had laborers and craftsmen create to guard him in the afterlife. Ten of those terra-cotta figures have come to visit here, as part of the “Terracotta Warriors of the First ...

XI'AN, China -- Say the word Xi'an, and people think of the Chinese city's astounding collection of terracotta warriors, created to guard the Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb in the third century B.C ...

Tourists study a Terracotta Warrior at the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, during the Spring Festival holiday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The ...