Fifty years since the discovery of the hoard of life-sized terracotta warriors in the Lintong County mausoleum of China’s first emperor, archaeologists have uncovered a rare new figure resembling a ...

A male tourist jumped into a pit at the Museum of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi, China, on May 30 The man was described as a 30-year-old "domestic tourist" by local ...

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A man broke into the terracotta army museum in Xi’an, China last Friday, damaging two of the ancient clay warriors—some of China’s most prized archaeological treasures—before being detained by ...

A tourist forced his way into the third-century BCE “Terracotta Army,” a group of thousands of ancient sculptures of soldiers in Shaanxi province in China, resulting in damage to some of the works, ...

Authorities raiding a tourist attraction comprised of a fake terracotta army (all images by Meili Lintong via Lintong council’s Weibo) China’s Lintong District is famed for its thousands of terracotta ...

This is the final weekend to see the Terracotta Warriors that have been standing guard in the Bowers Museum for the last six months. For the first time in nearly a decade, an exhibit of the famed clay ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Replicas of the iconic Chinese terracotta warriors are hitting Chicago streets on Wednesday. The Field Museum, where 10 of the real terracotta warriors are currently on display, is ...

A regiment of terracotta soldiers stands in a tomb pit at the Museum of the Terracotta Army in Xian, China. XI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 24: First Lady Michelle Obama with her daughters Malia Obama and Sasha ...

Archaeology isn’t supposed to happen by accident, though history might argue it does. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found by Bedouin shepherds in the Qumran caves of Palestine. The Rosetta Stone was ...