Medieval History
Statues of entertainers have been unearthed during the third excavation of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206 BC) in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
The statues were found in a pit numbered K9901. With an area of 800 square meters, the pit is located in the southeast corner between the walls of the inner part and the outer part of the mausoleum.
Up to now, archaeologists have found the relics of more than 30 life-size statues in the pit and successfully restored six of them.
Most of the statues in K9901 Pit are shirtless and have "beer bellies" and bare feet.
Archeologists estimated that they were statues of entertainers or acrobats in the imperial palace as acrobatics was rather popular during the Qin Dynasty according to historical records. Also found were several giant statues with their heights reaching more than two meters.
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China unearths over 100 new terracotta warriors
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed 110 new terracotta warriors that laid buried for centuries, an official said Monday, part of the famed army built to guard the tomb of China?s first emperor.
The life-size figures were excavated near the Qin Emperor?s mausoleum in China?s northern Xi?an city over the course of three years, and archaeologists also uncovered 12 pottery horses, parts of chariots, weapons and tools.
?The... excavation on the 200-square-metre (2,152-square-feet) site has found a total of 110 terracotta figurines,? Shen Maosheng from the Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum -- which oversees the tomb -- told AFP.
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Medieval History
Ancient statues of Chinese entertainers unearthed
Statues of entertainers have been unearthed during the third excavation of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206 BC) in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
The statues were found in a pit numbered K9901. With an area of 800 square meters, the pit is located in the southeast corner between the walls of the inner part and the outer part of the mausoleum.
Up to now, archaeologists have found the relics of more than 30 life-size statues in the pit and successfully restored six of them.
Most of the statues in K9901 Pit are shirtless and have "beer bellies" and bare feet.
Archeologists estimated that they were statues of entertainers or acrobats in the imperial palace as acrobatics was rather popular during the Qin Dynasty according to historical records. Also found were several giant statues with their heights reaching more than two meters.
Click here to read this article from THV
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed 110 new terracotta warriors that laid buried for centuries, an official said Monday, part of the famed army built to guard the tomb of China?s first emperor.
The life-size figures were excavated near the Qin Emperor?s mausoleum in China?s northern Xi?an city over the course of three years, and archaeologists also uncovered 12 pottery horses, parts of chariots, weapons and tools.
?The... excavation on the 200-square-metre (2,152-square-feet) site has found a total of 110 terracotta figurines,? Shen Maosheng from the Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum -- which oversees the tomb -- told AFP.
Click here to read this article from Al-Arabiya
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Liquid inside an ancient wine vessel unearthed in Shaanxi province is considered to be the earliest wine in China's history, archaeologists told Xinhua Thursday. The wine vessel made of bronze was unearthed in a noble's tomb of the West Zhou Dynasty...
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It could have been as early as 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ that these horses were moved on to greener pastures - and no one has laid eyes on them until now. Archaeologists have painstakingly uncovered the almost 3,000-year-old remains of...
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