Discoveries made during the latest excavation of Pit No.1 at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, have allowed Chinese archaeologists to gain more insight into     1     the world-famous Terracotta Warriors and their weapons were made.

According to a recent report archaeologists     2     (restore) more than 140 Terracotta Warriors. They discovered that the arms of these figures were created separately and then attached to the bodies and covered in a layer of fine clay. The carving of fine details was completed     3     the arms were attached.     4     (additional), the pit has yielded a variety of weapons, including long-range attack weapons, shields for defense, as well as drums and drumsticks used for commanding soldiers.

“The Terracotta Warriors used a very special mechanism to connect pieces together. Such     5     (wise) was unique to China,” Lv Qiuxia,     6     expert on ancient Chinese art, told the Global Times on Wednesday. Lv added that the way the warriors were made differed based on their social status and class. “When     7     (analyze) how they were made, we noticed that the warriors were divided into different classes. This contributes to research     8     the burial culture of the Terracotta Warriors.” the expert noted.

Through excavations, Chinese researchers have established the types and arrangement of weapons     9     (use) by the Terracotta Warriors as well as the formations and patterns of the     10     (mystery) underground army.

Archaeologists discovered a 2.5-kilometer-long street     1     (date) back nearly 2,000 years on the site of the ancient capital of Luoyang in Central China’s Henan Province. The road, about 34 meters wide,     2     (be) once a major east-west street extending between the relic sites of Ximingmen     3     Qingyangmen in the southern part of Luoyang. The street     4     (build) in the Eastern Han Dynasty and continued in use for a period of around 500 years.

The discovery was made during the diggings that started in 2020,     5     (lead) by the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Liu Tao, a researcher with the institute explained researchers conducting the digging at the site obtained information on the location, direction and structure of the street, and the condition of     6     (vary) underground relics. The road section shows different soil layers from different time periods. Graves from the Han Dynasty and a large number of     7     (coin) from the Xin Dynasty were found on the lower layers of the road sections.

“Over 500 years of the capital city’s history is reflected in the road sections,” said Guo Xiaotao, another researcher with the institute. At the bottom     8     a digging site, the archaeologists also discovered some brick structures,     9     measure about 1.5 meters to 1.6 meters wide,     10     (possible) used for water system.

A Stone Age bird sculpture     1     (cover) in China could be a “missing link” in our understanding of prehistoric art.     2     (date) back almost 13,500 years, the sculpture is now the oldest known example of three-dimensional art in East Asia.

Described     3     being in “an exceptional state of preservation,” the sculpture was found at an archeological site in Lingjing, Henan Province. It was hand-carved from burned animal bone. Researchers say the sculpture depicts (刻画) a bird on a base, pointing to deliberate marks     4     the creature’s eyes and bill (嘴) would be. It is believed that the bird’s oversized tail was made     5     (prevent) the sculpture from leaning forward when     6     (lay) on a surface. This discovery identifies a(n)     7     (origin) artistic tradition and pushes back by more than 8,500 years the representation of birds in Chinese art. The sculpture differs     8     (technology) and stylistically from other sculptures found in Western Europe and Siberia, and it could be the missing link tracing the origin of Chinese statues back to the early part of the Stone Age. Li Zhanyang, who led     9     study, has contributed to other archeological findings in Lingjing, including various ancient     10     (tool) and two skulls belonging to an extinct species of early humans.