The study was published in the journal
China s Terracotta Army
First Emperor of China until his death in 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of a unified China. He was also extremely afraid of death.
To protect him in the afterlife, the emperor had an 8,000-strong army of clay, or terracotta, warriors built for him and placed in a mausoleum in Xi An, which is now a World Heritage UNESCO site. This is the Terracotta Army that he lay buried with for approximately 2,200 years.
No two faces of these terracotta warriors are alike, but what s fascinated archaeologists and scientists alike, is just how well these warriors weapons have been preserved over the centuries.
Mummified Remains of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Reveal a Reign Ended in Violence
TIM THOMPSON, THE CONVERSATION
17 FEBRUARY 2021
There s something about mummies that always fascinates people. We see this from the attention given to mummies in museum exhibitions and in their frequent appearance in books, films and games.
Perhaps it s the fact that they are dead yet still very identifiable as people – in some way simultaneously dead and living. Whatever the reason, it s always exciting when a study reveals new information about mummified remains.
Seqenenre Taa II was known as The Brave and ruled southern Egypt for a relatively short period around 1558 to 1553 BC. His rule came to an abrupt end when he met a very violent death.