Xian terracotta warriors: slaughter of the sculptors

Once again, La Repubblica beats the English-language press in reporting on a rather grim discovery by Chinese archeologists. It seems that the workmen responsible for the celebrated terracotta army were slaughtered after their work was done, their bodies dumped unceremoniously in a common grave a mere 300 m from the mausoleum of the emperor they so thanklessly served, close by the furnaces where the statues were fired.

Posted by David on March 31, 2003 8:36 PM