This is the Yiangjiawan terracotta army The earthenware figures of Yiangjiawan are much smaller than the more famous Qin army figures, measuring between 50—70 centimeters. But what these figures ...

Under Yang’s peaceful orchards lay a man-made army: thousands of life-size terra-cotta soldiers and hundreds of sculpted horses, along with bronze carriages and weapons. The figures were ...

The Terracotta Army was discovered in 1974 during the construction ... according to National Museums Liverpool in the U.K. The figures were buried with crossbows, spears and swords, and are ...

Called the Terracotta Army, there are no other burial sites that rival this ... They also looked at samples from paving bricks and other statues, such as a figure depicting a palace acrobat. They ...

Some of the figures appear so strikingly individual ... rule had collapsed suddenly was the extensive damage to the terra-cotta army. As order broke down, marauding forces raided the pits where ...

Subsequent excavations revealed a stunning, now-iconic archaeological discovery: an army of “terracotta warriors ... pits containing the fascinating figures. (A fourth pit discovered during ...