This is the spectacular moment clouds resembled Terracotta Army warrior figures marching into battle in China. Footage shows the sky, which appeared to have the shapes of soldiers, captured by a ...

The monochrome figures that visitors to Xian’s terra-cotta army museum see today actually began as the multicolored fantasy of a ruler whose grandiose ambitions extended beyond the mortal realm.

He knew figures had in the past been dug out of ... the most stunning archaeological finds of the 20th Century: a terracotta army estimated at 8,000-strong, crafted on an industrial scale 2,200 ...

These burial figures date from the Tang dynasty in ... The most famous example is the life-size terracotta army created for the Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang around 200BC. By the time they got ...

The world-famous Terracotta Army was constructed to accompany the ... Each one of them is armed with a long spear, dragger or halberd. Every figure differs in facial features and expression ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known ... Archaeologists estimate the pits may contain as many as 8,000 figures, but the total may never be known. Qin's tomb itself remains unexcavated, though ...

The Iranian-born artist evokes self-sufficiency and introspection with faceless figures that resist the threat of collapse ...

Ancient Greek engineer and master of mechanics Philo of Byzantium was the creator of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ...

Shortly thereafter, a team of archaeologists discovered not just one but thousands of terracotta figures under ... The Terracotta Army is believed to be a part of the funerary complex for Qin ...

The 1974 discovery of Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s terra cotta army cast in 210 B.C. placed a world spotlight on the extreme versatility, sculptural and structural capabilities recognized by ancient ...

A “remarkable” subterranean passage of granite and terracotta was found under N.C 200 in Cabarrus County in North Carolina and state officials are calling the structure “a treasure.” ...

TV star Steph McGovern has unveiled exciting plans for a festival to celebrate the birth of the modern railway in Britain.