None more so than Xi’an Xianyang International Airport, located in open terrain northwest of the city center. The site sits atop an ancient floodplain once used as a burial ground for royals and ...

“Yue” likely refers to the artisan who oversaw its production, presumably from Xianyang, the capital city. Researchers haven’t yet found any correlation between ear shape and artisan.

Discovered in 1974 and holding more than 8,000 clay soldiers and hundreds of horses, it is a marvel of ancient China and ... of the central Chinese city of Xianyang unearthed ten brick burial ...