Archaeologists have unearthed new items at the Terracotta warriors site in Xi’an China.
Stone helmets, armour and remains of animals and relics of animals were found
Different animal species were unearthed in Emperor Qinshihuang's mausoleum, including real animals and those made of pottery or iron.
This makes the mausoleum with the most animal species so far in China .
Most unearthed animal was horse; others were water fowl and birds.
The site is the Emperor Qinshihuang's mausoleum in
Shaanxi province.
Terracotta warriors are thousands of detailed life size models .
These represent the army that triumphed over Chinese armies in the period which united imperial China 2,200 years ago.
They were buried with
China’s first emperor Qinshihuang.
Emperor Qinshihuang is the Chinese monarch after whom the country is reportedly named.
Scientists believe it took 700,000 workers to build the terracotta army.
