And the Terracotta Army—approximately 8,000 pottery soldiers created to guard the gravesite of the first emperor of a unified China—was found by farmers digging a well. The last of these ...

Archaeologists uncovered additional terracotta warriors at the mausoleum of China’s first emperor. The fresh find features a statue of a high-ranking commander—the first statue of a commander ...

Chinese workers digging a well in 1974 made a startling discovery: thousands of life-size terracotta figures of an army prepared for battle. Now called the Terracotta Army or Terracotta Warriors ...

Here’s how it works. Archaeologists studying China's famous "Terracotta Army" have uncovered what they believe to be a rare, life-size statue of a high-ranking military officer, local media report.