terra cotta warriors
Ancient clay army
Terra cotta warriors refers to the thousands of life-sized clay soldier statues buried with China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, around 210 BCE.
Discovered in 1974 near Xi'an, the army includes infantry, archers, horses, and chariots—each figure with individualized features.
The site ranks among the world's most significant archaeological finds: We visited the terra cotta warriors on our trip to China.
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- burial siteInterment location
- armyOrganized land-based military
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
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- Asian historyancient China, China, empresses, shoguns, Chinese civilization
- SinologyChinese history, Chinese philosophy, Chinese art, Confucianism, Daoism
terra cotta warriorsbronze statues
Cast alloy artworks depicting figures
marble sculptures · gold artifacts · wooden figures · stone monuments
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