The diggers notified Chinese authorities, who dispatched government archaeologists to the site. They found not one, but thousands of clay soldiers, each with unique facial expressions and ...

Among the famed terra-cotta warriors in the sprawling tomb of the ancient Chinese emperor Qin Shi ... an estimated 8,000 life-size clay statues of soldiers known as the “terra-cotta army.” ...

Qin’s army of clay soldiers and horses was not a somber procession ... In the long hiatus that followed, Chinese researchers worked with experts from the Bavarian State Conservation Office ...