The Mystery of Mercury: The Rivers of the Qin Empire Buried Deep Underground As you step into the Xi’an Terracotta Army Museum, the thousands of silent clay soldiers, with their majestic presence frozen in time for a thousand years, silently tell the world of the extraordinary talent and ambition of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi…
Terracotta Warriors Mystery: Is there a real human body hidden in a 2,000-year-old terracotta legion? In 1974, Shaanxi farmers digging a well unearthed a terra cotta human head, unveiling the eighth wonder of the world, the Terracotta Warriors of Qin Shi Huang. In the face of these terracotta warriors, which are as tall as real…
Why are the Terracotta Warriors in pieces? A Thousand-Year-Old Mystery of the Underground Legion Revealed In 1974, Shaanxi farmers drilling a well discovered the world-shattering Terracotta Army. When archaeologists opened the underground palace, they saw colorful ceramic pieces all over the ground – the original majestic terracotta soldiers had almost all turned into fragments. Why…
The Terracotta Army of a Thousand Faces: The Mystery of the Terracotta Army’s “Real People” Revealed In 1974, farmers in Shaanxi, China dug up a broken clay human head while drilling a well. As archaeological work unfolded, an “underground army” of thousands of life-size terracotta warriors shocked the world. The soldiers had clear features and…
Fading Legions: The Mystery of the Terracotta Warriors’ Loss of Color Revealed In 1974, farmers drilling a well in Shaanxi, China, accidentally discovered thousands of terracotta soldiers – the Terracotta Army of Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum – that had been buried underground for more than 2,000 years. These terracotta warriors shocked the world when they were…
Fading Legions: Uncovering the Secret of the Terracotta Warriors’ Thousand-Year Colors In 1974, fragments of terracotta clay inadvertently unearthed by a farmer drilling a well in Shaanxi Province brought the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, which had been dormant for more than 2,000 years, back to life. When…
What happened after the death of Qin Shi Huang? –Power, Betrayal and the Collapse of Empire In 210 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor in Chinese history, died in Shachu (present-day Guangzong, Hebei Province) during his fifth tour. The “Emperor of the Ages”, who unified the six kingdoms with an iron fist and created…
The Mystery of the Collapse of the Great Qin Empire Qin Shi Huang (259 BC – 210 BC) was the first emperor in Chinese history to accomplish great unification. He ended centuries of warring states chaos and established the centralized Qin Dynasty in just ten years. However, this seemingly impregnable empire quickly collapsed just three…
the Terracotta Army and the President of the United States: A Cultural Dialogue Across Time and Space Since its reappearance in 1974, the Terracotta Army and Horses have not only become a symbol of ancient Chinese civilization, but have also attracted the attention of dignitaries and culture enthusiasts from around the world. Among them, the…
