This story appears in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... brilliant hues that hint at the original glory of the terra-cotta warriors. The monochrome figures that visitors ...

Who was the Chinese emperor behind the terra-cotta warriors? Who was the Chinese emperor behind the terra-cotta warriors? What You Need to Know About the Terra-Cotta Warrior's Stolen Thumb What ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

Experts have pieced it together. How were China's legions of terra-cotta warriors made? Experts have pieced it together. How ancient astronomy mixed science with mythology How ancient astronomy ...

This story appears in the January 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Ceramic figurines took the place of people. The terra-cotta soldiers commissioned by China's first emperor ...

A curator from the Houston Museum of Natural Science explains how the terra cotta warriors were discovered and what they reveal about China s Qin dynasty Astronomers Create First Realistic ...