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Digging down into the Earth, they hit a statue of what they first assumed to be the Buddha. Investigations by archaeologists ...

The tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, is part of a vast, city-sized complex, but the central mound containing the ...

The Terracotta Army revealed an empire beneath the soil – but the emperor’s tomb remains sealed, guarded by mercury, traps and time.

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When you're first confronted by Qin Shi Huang's famed, life-sized, terra-cotta soldiers, your Hollywood-damaged brain is tempted to see them as re-creations, as fiberglass props. They're like ...

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Archaeologists are too scared to open up the tomb of China’s first emperor for one reason ...

Outside the ancient city of Xi’an in China stands one of the world’s most astonishing archaeological discoveries: an army made entirely of clay, buried underground and facing east. Known today as the ...