Why there's so much backlash to the theory that Greek art inspired China's Terracotta Army
- Written by Johanna Hanink, Associate Professor of Classics, Brown University
Archaeological discoveries in China rarely get noticed. Recently, though, mitochondrial DNA tests conducted on human remains from Xinjiang, China’s westernmost province, got the attention of international media. The results suggested the presence of “Westerners” in China as early as the third century B.C., during the lifetime of...