Terra-Cotta
Warriors, 210 B.C.
Buried to accompany
China’s first emperor
in the afterlife, life-
size statues of soldiers
and servants were
discovered by farm-
ers in 1974. Since then,
archaeologists have
unearthed some 8,000
warriors, as well as
horses, chariots, acro-
bats, and musicians.
O. LOUIS MAZZATENTAARCHAEOLOGY
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