Dall’Independent:
Unearthing a newly-found terracotta army
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
An archaeologist removes earth from the face of a newly found terracotta warrior at the excavation site inside the No. 1 pit of the Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, on the outskirts of Xi’an, Shaanxi province, June 21, 2010. Chinese archaeologists have unearthed about 120 more clay figures in their latest round of excavations at the terracotta army site that surrounds the tomb of the nation’s first emperor in the northwestern Shaanxi Province, Xinhua reported.
The Independent Online brings you fantastic new photographs of the terracotta army excavation site on the outskirts of Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China where 120 clay figures have recently been unearthed by archaeologists.
The Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses site surrounds the tomb of the nation’s first emperor in the northwestern Shaanxi Province.
