Researchers discover China's terracotta army coated in egg

摘要

Analysis of China's terracotta army,a collection of 7,000 life-sized soldier and horse figures in the mausoleum of the country's first emperor,has revealed that it was entirely covered with beaten egg when it was constructed.According to a recent report in Discovery News,the discovery was made by German and Italian chemists who analyzed samples from several of the figurines.