In 1974, farmers digging a well in the dry fields of Shaanxi province in northern China struck fragments of hardened clay that turned out to be the head of a life-sized soldier. What they had stumbled ...

Thousands of life-size clay soldiers stand in pits near the burial mound of Qin Shi Huang, the ruler who unified China in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 30-year-old Chinese tourist damaged two ancient clay warriors from China's terracotta army, local officials said on Saturday, ...

Archaeologists studying China's famous "Terracotta Army" have uncovered what they believe to be a rare, life-size statue of a high-ranking military officer, local media report. The highly adorned ...

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A tourist forced his way into the third-century BCE “Terracotta Army,” a group of thousands of ancient sculptures of soldiers in Shaanxi province in China, resulting in damage to some of the works, ...

A 30-year-old domestic tourist damaged two warriors of China’s esteemed Terracotta Army in an incident last Friday. The man, who officials believe “[suffers] from mental illness” is currently under ...

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The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of ...

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Fifty years since the discovery of the hoard of life-sized terracotta warriors in the Lintong County mausoleum of China’s first emperor, archaeologists have uncovered a rare new figure resembling a ...