With 8,000 figures and 10 known officers, one might hypothesize that each general commanded 800 men, suggesting more figures ...

Archaeologists in Xi’an, China, uncover a rare terracotta statue of a high ranking general at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, ...

Archaeologists have discovered a rare Terracotta Warrior figure resembling a senior military officer in the No. 2 pit nearby ...

The terracotta warrior is one of only ten high-ranking officials to be found among the 2000 warriors unearthed since 1974.

The life-size clay figurines offer new insights into the organization and structure of China's army 2,000 years ago.

In Xi'an, Shaanxi province, archeologists recently unearthed remains of two chariots from the No 2 pit at the mausoleum ...

Rare statue of high-ranking officer is helping archeologists piece together military structure of the first empire in China.

As this year marks the 50th anniversary of the archaeological excavations of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, ...

Now a combination of serendipity and new preservation techniques is revealing the terra-cotta army’s true colors. A three-year excavation in Xian’s most famous site, known as Pit 1 ...

The farmers, it would turn out, had stumbled upon one of the most stunning archaeological finds of the 20th Century: a terracotta army estimated ... and in the burial pits were 100 chariots ...

The excavation by archaeologist Sylvanus ... discovered not just one but thousands of terracotta figures under Zhifa's farm. Among the four pits that were discovered, there are an estimated ...

In Xi'an, Shaanxi province, archeologists recently unearthed remains of two chariots from the No 2 pit at the mausoleum ... Discovered in 1974, the terracotta army at Emperor Qinshihuang's ...