https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/women-children-had-a-hand-in-terracotta-armyContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/women-children-had-a-hand-in-terracotta-armyhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/women-children-had-a-hand-in-terracotta-army#u158734Wed, 28 Oct 2026 02:35:58 +0000A fingerprint study of 36 Terracotta Army figures in China reveals that women and children likely contributed to the construction of the ancient statues. The study analyzed 79 fingerprints found on the clay warriors and found that many belonged to women and minors. This challenges the long-held assumption that the Terracotta Army was built exclusively by men.Why it mattersThe Terracotta Army, discovered in 1974 near Xi'an, China, consists of around 8,000 life-size warriors created in the third century BC to guard the tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang. The recent study's findings provide n