The Mystery of the Terracotta Warriors‘ Height: Why Were the Elite Soldiers of the Qin Dynasty Taller Than Modern People? In 1974, several farmers in Shaanxi Province unearthed broken pottery shards while digging a well. Little did they know that this discovery would lead to the uncovering of over 8,000 life-sized terracotta soldiers from the…
Who built the Terracotta Army? The ordinary people behind the vast army Standing before the Terracotta Army pits in Xi’an, you can’t help but be awe-struck by the thousands of life-sized clay soldiers, horses, and chariots. This massive “underground army” is hailed as one of the Eight Wonders of the World. But have you ever…
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…
