About 6,000 terracotta figures and horses have been unearthed from No.1 pit, and with pits No.2 and No.3 included, the total number is expected to approach 8,000," Li Gang, director of the Emperor ...

Precious stones such as pearls are said to represent ... to the military poses of the famous terra-cotta soldiers. But further excavations of the tomb itself are on hold, at least for now.

Dan Snow, Dr Alice Roberts and Dr Albert Lin investigate a series of earth-shattering discoveries at a mighty tomb guarded by the Terracotta Warriors in China.