Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, China
XI'AN, CHINA - MAY 03: View of the famous Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an on may 03, 2013 in Shanxi province, China. The Terracotta Army or the 'Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses', is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210?209 BC and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife. The figures, dating from around the late third century BC, were discovered in 1974 by some local farmers in Lintong District. Current estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits near by Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. (Photo by Olivier CHOUCHANA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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