History

The Terracota Warriors :

These life-size sculptures depict the members of the army of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.

They were buried with the emperor in 210-209 BC, with purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.

They were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in… pic.twitter.com/XzzAcEGzFL

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