When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Danny Lehman/Getty Images Archaeologists studying China's famous "Terracotta Army" have ...

History becomes legend. Legend becomes myth. At best, historians hope that at least a kernel of truth lingers lost among centuries’ worth of embellishment, propaganda, and hype. But the gap between ...

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 ...

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 found ...

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Monday felt like Christmas morning at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. But, instead of unwrapping gifts under the tree, museum curators unboxed something historic: 2,200-year-old terracotta warriors ...

Chinese researchers have reportedly doubled the lifespan of modern artillery guns by borrowing a 2,000-year-old anti-corrosion technique first used to protect bronze weapons found with the Qin dynasty ...