Many people know about the army of life-sized terracotta statues buried with Chinese first emperor Qin Shi Huang in the city of Xi’an. Discovered in 1974 and holding more than 8,000 clay soldiers and ...

In 1974, farmers in Shaanxi, China, digging for water near the Li Mountains, unearthed fragments of terracotta figures. This ...

Greg Jenner is joined in Ancient China by Professor Julia Lovell and special guest Phil Wang for a close look at The ...

In ancient China, the concept of the afterlife was deeply intertwined with daily life, power, and legacy. For Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China, the afterlife wasn’t just a place to ...

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