Scientists Find Out Why the Terracotta Army's Weapons Were So Well Preserved

Discover Magazine - Thu 4 Apr 19

To protect Chinese emperor Qin Shihuang in the afterlife, thousands of clay soldiers joined him underground some 2200 years ago. The discovery of this Terracotta Army in the 1970s was a great ...

Terracotta warriors did not receive anti-rust treatment

Cosmos Magazine - Thu 4 Apr 19

Research destroys theory that Chinese armourers used applications not discovered in the West until millennia later. Andrew Masterson reports.

Scientists shed light on preservation mystery of Terracotta Army weapons

Phys.org - Thu 4 Apr 19

The chrome plating on the Terracotta Army bronze weapons—once thought to be the earliest form of anti-rust technology—derives from a decorative varnish rather than a preservation technique, ...

Scientists shed light on preservation mystery of Terracotta Army weapons, ScienceDaily - Thu 4 Apr 19
Scientists shed light on preservation mystery of Terracotta Army weapons, Eurekalert - Thu 4 Apr 19

Here’s the real reason why Terracotta Army weapons are so well-preserved

Ars Technica - Thu 4 Apr 19

It's the soil, not an early form of anti-rust technology as previously thought.

Scientists solve mystery of pristine weapons of China's Terracotta Warriors

Reuters - Thu 4 Apr 19

For decades, scientists have been perplexed by the marvelous preservation of bronze weapons associated with China's famed Terracotta Warriors, retaining shiny, almost pristine surfaces and sharp ...

Chrome plating on the bronze weapons of China's Terracotta Army is decorative varnish

Daily Mail - Thu 4 Apr 19

New research from the University of Cambridge claims that the shiny chrome plating on the Terracotta Army's swords and spears formed by chance through a chemical reaction.