Four-wheeled carriage unearthed outside Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum(1/10)

File photo shows archeologists working at the excavation site of pit No.1 near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 1, 2023. (Photo provided to China News Service)

A four-wheeled wooden carriage, a new batch of relics has recently been unearthed from the pit. A total of nine tombs were discovered during a major excavation that started in 2011. Excavations of Pit No.1, the largest burial pit excavated so far, first started in 2013.

Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2023 shows a four-wheeled carriage unearthed from pit No. 1 near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2023 shows cultural relics unearthed from a pit near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Cultural relics are unearthed from a pit near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Gold relics are unearthed from a pit near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Cultural relics are unearthed from a pit near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo taken on Sept. 27, 2022 shows the excavation site of a pit near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo taken on April 27, 2022 shows the excavation site of a pit near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo taken on April 7, 2023 shows the excavation site of a pit near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2018 shows the excavation site of a pit near Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)