Object Details Author Wood, Frances 1948- Subject Qin shi huang Emperor of China 259 B.C.-210 B.C Notes Published to coincide with exhibition of the Terracotta Army at the British Museum. Contents ...

The museum display goes from Shimao around 2300 BCE—among the earliest walled cities in China—to the Shang and Zhou eras, ending with the Terracotta Warriors commissioned by the Qin emperor ...

A museum visitor reportedly damaged two sculptures in the famous third-century “Terracotta Army” in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.