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More China Terracotta Army Museum Photos

 

A View of the Battle Formation

 

The front right view of pit No. 1 at the Terracotta Army Museum in Lintong, Xian, China.
More than 6000 terracotta warrior figures were found in this five-meter-deep pit together with the chariots and horses. They stood in battle formation east of the burial mound of the First Emperor- Qin Shihuang showing his desire to go on ruling in his after life.

 

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Part of the Massive Formation

 

A part of the extraordinary battle formation in the No. 1 pit, where people can find pottery figures such as infantrymen, charioteers, chariots and horses. They were roughly divided into 11 passages by rammed earth walls.

 

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Infantryman in Pit No.1

 

An infantryman in Qin's army standing quietly showing his thousand years of loyalty to the First Emperor.

 

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A Loyal Guardian

 

The massive disciplined army still captures our imagination. Up till now, there are about 1000 warriors have been uncovered, only one seventh of the total.

 

 

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On-Site Mending

 

The underground terracotta warrior army was destroyed and burned only three years after the First Emperor's burial. All the warriors in the No. 1 pit were broken into pieces. Archeologists are reassembling the figures by an average of 80 pieces each. Their continuous efforts so far have yielded 1,087 figures.

 

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A Resurgent Qin's Warrior

 

 

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