China unearths ancient palace ruins: State media
The discovery is the latest at the mausoleum, which dates back more than two millennia and became one of the greatest modern archaeological finds after a peasant digging a well stumbled upon the life-size warriors in 1974.
The palace "is the largest complex ever found at the cemetery", the Xinhua news agency said, citing Sun Weigang, a researcher at the archeology institute of northern Shaanxi province where the site is located.
Qin Shihuang, a ruler during the Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), presided over China's unification and declared himself its first emperor.
Based on its foundations, the palace is believed to extend 690 by 250 meters (2,300 by 820 feet), nearly a quarter of the size of Beijing's iconic Forbidden City, Xinhua said, citing Sun.
The Forbidden City located at the heart of the capital served as an imperial palace for the Ming and Qing dynasties from the 14th through the early 20th century.
The tomb-side palace "showed emperor Qin Shihuang's wish to continue to live in imperial grandeur even during his afterlife", Sun said.
The emperor ordered the building of the terracotta soldiers that surround the mausoleum in the hopes they would follow him into the afterlife.
As many as 6,000 are believed to stand in the largest of three pits at the site, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), which declared the army a World Heritage Site in 1987.
Archaeologists uncovered 110 new warriors in June this year, along with 12 pottery horses, parts of chariots, weapons and tools, in part of a three-year effort.
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The photo in the headline is actually from the Maya site of El Zotz in Guatemala - NOT from China. Here is the link to the original photo of El Zotz : http://www.belize.com/new-maya-temple-discovered-at-el-zotz-in-peten-guatemala.html
Shame on you guys.
This photo is of a building at the site of El Zotz in northern Guatemala. It is NOT from China and has no connection to China. The photo attached to this article was cropped to cut out the Guatemalan archaeologist on the left. Shameful.
I have two old pictures from a tomb in China, that shows a file of travelers wearing Mexcian serapes and carrying implements that also seem to be Mexican. Chinese Art Treasures. Taiwan, China: Institute of Chinese Culture. (1980) Excavation of the Sui and T'ang Tombs at Xi'an,with an English Abstract In The Institute of Archeology: CASS, Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House China OR CASS (1980) Excavation of the Sui and T'ang Tombs at Xian Beijing, China: Cultural Relics
But I believe it was in one of these two books that I found the picture. I also found that they brought the Magnet to China, not China to the Americas and a few other things that are pictures that are comparable to Mesoamerica. Like Pacal's tomb cover done Chinese style. Thank you
Ch'en, K. K. S. (1968) Buddhism: The Light of Asia Woodbury, New York: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. Publishing House
Chang, K. C (1963) The Archaeology of Ancient China Harvard: Yale University Press