Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years.

What Yang and her friends are doing, in fact, is piecing together the 2,200-year-old mystery of the terra-cotta army, part of the celebrated (and still dimly understood) burial complex of China ...

The farmers, it would turn out, had stumbled upon one of the most stunning archaeological finds of the 20th Century: a terracotta army estimated at 8,000-strong, crafted on an industrial scale ...

Our countdown of the archeological discoveries people found by accident includes The Uluburun Shipwreck, The Venus de Milo, The Terracotta Army, and more! Imagine going for a lovely mountain hike when ...

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China’s other terracotta army. To understand why, you need to know a little Chinese history. Today, Xuzhou might not be as famous as nearby capital Nanjing or Shanghai, but that wasn’t always ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

VDNKh visitors to learn about how the iconic work of Russian literature – Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel War and Peace — was ...

The Terracotta Army is believed to be a part of the funerary complex for Qin Shi Huang, the "first Qin Emperor" and the largest funerary complex in the world. It is currently a UNESCO World ...

Embark on a historic journey tracing the ancient Silk Road, a network of trade routes connecting the East and the West. This ...

TV star Steph McGovern has unveiled exciting plans for a festival to celebrate the birth of the modern railway in Britain.