Terracotta Army: 220 additional soldiers discovered, including new ranks, in famous tomb of Chinese Emperor

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Mon, 30 Dec 2019 09:31 UTC

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

Archaeologists working on the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang have announced the discovery of an additional 220 soldiers in the world-famous Terracotta Army after almost a decade of painstaking excavation.

The team has been excavating the tomb since 2009, covering an area of about 500,000 square meters. The site is riddled with a vast array of artifacts including pottery, bronze, jade, a small amount of gold, silver, and iron and the aforementioned Terracotta Warriors.

Amid the well-preserved artifacts, including military tripods, crossbows, golden sabers and everyday items such as spoons, plates, tinctures and kettles, the researchers also discovered the earliest-known golden camel excavated in China.

Further study of this artifact in particular may provide important information about trade between the West and the Chinese Empire predating the Silk Road.

All told, the past decade has yielded the discovery of some 220 pottery figurines and 12 pottery horses, as well as a large number of weapons and architectural relics belonging to previously unseen military officers nestled among the ranks.

The discovery of new officer ranks may force a rethink of our current understanding of the army's formation.

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Rowan Cocoan · 2019-12-31T21:10:20Z

China MUST have been far more prosperous then than Western History allows. R.C.

Baybars · 2020-01-02T15:46:16Z

Western history is a couple of hundred years old. Chinese history is five thousand years old. How can one compare the two?

We in the west have no clue nor do we want to know. It is better for our western ego that China be seen as we are forced to see North Korea; agrarian and backwards.

Wardy · 2020-01-06T20:08:30Z

As a great admirer of China, I have to say that the earliest records are from around 1300BC. To give a comparison, the Torah was written 1450BC. Confucius, who is said to have preserved the earliest classical works like the I Ching, History Classic etc lived around 500BC. Mesopotamia and Egypt are more ancient. [Link]

Rowan Cocoan ·

Cool. R.C.

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