Over 110 newly unearthed treasures from northwest China's Shaanxi province, including additions to the famous Terracotta Warriors and chariot horses, are making their North American debut at the Bowers Museum in the U.S. state of California.
The "World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century!" exhibition showcases 115 invaluable artifacts, highlighting key recent archaeological findings from Shaanxi province, spanning from the late Neolithic period to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.).
Many treasures are being displayed overseas for the first time, allowing visitors to journey through time and explore the magnificent history of Chinese civilization.
"The timing is that there are new discoveries in the last ten years, and it brings the history back even further than 2,000 years, it goes back 3,000 and plus," said Dr. Sean O'Harrow, president of Bowers Museum.
"The archaeological exhibition involves the Terracotta Warriors Museum, or the (Archaeological Mausoleum) Site Museum, as well as other places in the whole province, continuing almost every day. What we're doing here is to showcase some of the most exciting new discoveries over the past two decades," said Jiao Tianlong, chief curator of Bowers Museum. "The No. 1 and No. 2 sets of bronze chariots and horses are the largest, most complex structure, and most complete harness system bronze chariot and horse artifacts discovered to date, and are hailed as the 'Crown of Bronze'. These were also the most challenging exhibits to install. To ensure their safety during transport, all detachable parts were individually packaged and reassembled in the exhibition hall. The reassembly of these two chariot and horse replicas took a total of five days," said a staff member from the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in China.
The exhibition opened on May 24 and will run through Oct 19.
Terracotta Warriors exhibition in California showcases new discoveries from ancient China
