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A tourist has damaged two ancient clay figures from the terracotta army, one of China's foremost archaeological treasures.
Two of the world famous Terracotta Army clay warriors have been damaged after a tourist jumped into a pit and pushed them ...
For the big head, they used a small terra-cotta vase-head that—ironically—is now owned by the Met. And for the second standing warrior, they used a photograph of a figure on an Etruscan ...
A Chinese tourist climbed over a fence and jumped into a section of the world-famous display of China's Terracotta Army, ...
The works included a 2,500-year-old bronze figure of an Etruscan warrior, a terracotta Italian wine flask from 330 B.C. and a cosmetics container in the form of a god from ancient Egypt ...
The discovery was made as experts explored a sacred basin in San Casciano dei Bagni near Siena as part of the campaign to excavate in the area and learn more about Etruscan-Roman history.
Several news outlets reported on the discovery of the 2,600-year-old warrior prince. But the grave held one more surprise. Historians know relatively little about the Etruscan culture that ...
As this year marks the 50th anniversary of the archaeological excavations of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, researchers have unveiled some new ...
Initially, the lance suggested that the skeleton on the biggest platform was a male warrior, possibly an Etruscan prince. The jewelry probably belonged to the second body, the warrior prince’s wife.