BEIJING (Reuters) - China has put on display its newest discoveries of weighty armour and brightly coloured 2,200-year-old figurines from the tomb of China‘s first emperor, Qin Shihuang, Chinese newspapers said on Friday. The exhibition at the tomb, on the outskirts of the ancient northwest capital of Xian, features the first clay figurines from the Qin dynasty with green painted faces and brightly coloured bodies in seven colours, they said. „The closer the figurines are to the centre of the tomb, the more important they will be both for the past emperor and archaeologists“, the China Daily quoted Wu Yongqi, president of the Museum of Terracotta warriors, as saying. The 2,200 year old terracotta warriors made to guard the emperor‘s tomb, are about 1,500 metres (1,650 yards) east of the tomb, it said. The earliest examples of 80 suits of decorative armour weighing 30 kg (67 pounds), and 30 helmets crafted from thousands of pieces of stone slices were also on display. They date from around 200 BC, state media said. Qin Shihuang, who died in 210 BC, is lauded for uniting the country and standardising the currency and written script.