Thousands of life-size terra-cotta soldiers stand in Pit 1, the largest repository of figurines at the third-century B.C. funerary complex of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi, near Xi’an, China.

Arrayed in military formation, the soldiers bore traces of the bright ... just east of a necropolis surrounding the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi and was meant to stand guard during the emperor ...

The 30-year-old was visiting the museum in Xi'an when he jumped more than 15 feet into the pit containing the ancient army.

Centuries-old Chinese artifacts have been damaged after a tourist visiting the Museum of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi, China, leapt over a guardrail and into a pit. On May ...

The thousands of clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang’s tomb are enduring representations of the ruler’s legacy Arthur Lubow; Updated by Sonja Anderson Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum holds an ...

The five soldiers and the horse stand in formation ... the central and most important part of the burial site is Qin Shi Huangdi’s tomb, but no one has opened it since it was sealed more than ...

The soldiers were positioned in a battle formation, protecting the emperor in the afterlife. Scientists believe workers began creating the clay army when Qin Shi Huangdi ascended to the throne at age ...

In Thailand for the first time at Bangkok National Museum’s Siwamokkhaphiman Throne Hall, Qin Shi Huang: The First Emperor of China and Terracotta Warriors features the life-sized soldiers from ...

There are two Chinese leaders whose final resting place is thronged by tourists - Mao Zedong and Qin Shi Huang, the emperor of terracotta soldier fame. But they also have another thing in common ...

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The Rosetta Stone was unearthed by Napoleonic soldiers with shovels shoring up ... of explorations being made at the Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s Manhattan-sized mausoleum complex in Shaanxi in ...

The Gist: 2,200 years ago, Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi conquered and unified six ... from generals and soldiers and horses and chariots, to acrobats for entertaining and servants for, well, serving ...