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Visitors look at terracotta warriors at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. The Emperor Qinshihuang Mausoleum and Terracotta Warriors were included in the World Heritage list by Unesco in 1987. Photo: Xinhua
Terracotta warriors are exhibited at the Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang in Xian. Photo: Imaginechina
Tourists visiting the kneeling warriors and archers in the No 2 pit site of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Photo: Xinhua
A view of the Bronze Chariots Museum in Xian on July 31, 2022. Photo: VCG
Terracotta Warrior statues stand on display in the Terracotta Army museum in Xian. Photo: EPA-EFE
The life-size soldiers and horses are funerary statues buried in pits near the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, also known as the first emperor of a unified China. Photo: EPA-EFE
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Photo: Getty Images
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Photo: Getty Images
A view of the Mausoleum Museum of Emperor Qin Shihuang in Xian on March 29, 2016. Photo: VCG
The figures were discovered in 1974 in Lintong district, Xian, capital of Shaanxi province. Photo: Corbis via Getty Images
A bronze crane is pictured during an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery and excavation of the iconic Terracotta Warriors at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. Photo: Xinhua
Several clay warriors from the Terracotta Army stand on the site of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, in excavation hall No 1. Photo: dpa via Getty Images
Staff repair unearthed terracotta warriors in the No 1 pit site of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses on July 4, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
Colour-painted figure heads are pictured during an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery and excavation of the iconic Terracotta Warriors at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. Photo: Xinhua
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Visitors look at terracotta warriors at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. The...Visitors look at terracotta warriors at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. The Emperor Qinshihuang...
December 27, 2024
Today in Photos

China’s Terracotta Warriors, 50 years after their discovery

The Terracotta Army stood guard in the dark for nearly 2,300 years. In 1974, the extraordinary figures came to...

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Visitors look at terracotta warriors at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. The Emperor Qinshihuang Mausoleum and Terracotta Warriors were included in the World Heritage list by Unesco in 1987. Photo: Xinhua
Terracotta warriors are exhibited at the Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang in Xian. Photo: Imaginechina
Tourists visiting the kneeling warriors and archers in the No 2 pit site of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Photo: Xinhua
A view of the Bronze Chariots Museum in Xian on July 31, 2022. Photo: VCG
Terracotta Warrior statues stand on display in the Terracotta Army museum in Xian. Photo: EPA-EFE
The life-size soldiers and horses are funerary statues buried in pits near the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, also known as the first emperor of a unified China. Photo: EPA-EFE
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Photo: Getty Images
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Photo: Getty Images
A view of the Mausoleum Museum of Emperor Qin Shihuang in Xian on March 29, 2016. Photo: VCG
The figures were discovered in 1974 in Lintong district, Xian, capital of Shaanxi province. Photo: Corbis via Getty Images
A bronze crane is pictured during an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery and excavation of the iconic Terracotta Warriors at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. Photo: Xinhua
Several clay warriors from the Terracotta Army stand on the site of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, in excavation hall No 1. Photo: dpa via Getty Images
Staff repair unearthed terracotta warriors in the No 1 pit site of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses on July 4, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
Colour-painted figure heads are pictured during an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery and excavation of the iconic Terracotta Warriors at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. Photo: Xinhua
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Visitors look at terracotta warriors at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. The Emperor Qinshihuang Mausoleum and Terracotta Warriors were included in the World Heritage list by Unesco in 1987. Photo: Xinhua
Terracotta warriors are exhibited at the Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang in Xian. Photo: Imaginechina
Tourists visiting the kneeling warriors and archers in the No 2 pit site of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Photo: Xinhua
A view of the Bronze Chariots Museum in Xian on July 31, 2022. Photo: VCG
Terracotta Warrior statues stand on display in the Terracotta Army museum in Xian. Photo: EPA-EFE
The life-size soldiers and horses are funerary statues buried in pits near the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, also known as the first emperor of a unified China. Photo: EPA-EFE
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Photo: Getty Images
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Photo: Getty Images
A view of the Mausoleum Museum of Emperor Qin Shihuang in Xian on March 29, 2016. Photo: VCG
The figures were discovered in 1974 in Lintong district, Xian, capital of Shaanxi province. Photo: Corbis via Getty Images
A bronze crane is pictured during an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery and excavation of the iconic Terracotta Warriors at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. Photo: Xinhua
Several clay warriors from the Terracotta Army stand on the site of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, in excavation hall No 1. Photo: dpa via Getty Images
Staff repair unearthed terracotta warriors in the No 1 pit site of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses on July 4, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
Colour-painted figure heads are pictured during an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery and excavation of the iconic Terracotta Warriors at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xian. Photo: Xinhua
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