More Terracotta Warriors rise from the earth

XI'AN - Chinese archaeologists have unearthed about 120 more figures in their latest round of excavations at the Terracotta Army site that surrounds the tomb of China's first emperor in Shaanxi province.

Most of the newly found Terracotta Warriors were broken when unearthed from the No 1 pit in Lintong county, 35 km east of Xi'an, Shaanxi's capital, where excavation started on June 13 last year, said Xu Weihong, acting head of the excavation team.

Xu said it was still hard to tell the exact number of the figures.