The Terracotta Army

The Terracotta Army (wiki) is a collection of 8,099 life-size Chinese terra cotta figures of warriors and horses located near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. The figures were discovered in 1974 near Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China.

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6 Comments

  1. Posted September 17, 2007 at 8:51 pm | Permalink

    Nice blog and great post.

  2. Victor Sterling Franco
    Posted October 20, 2007 at 2:20 pm | Permalink

    Lo felicito
    las fotografìas son verdadermente impresionante un lrgado para la posteridad
    lo que hizo esa dinastìa China creìan en la reencarnaciòn

  3. Tyler
    Posted January 22, 2008 at 5:44 pm | Permalink

    what is the terracotta army?

  4. Neale
    Posted June 4, 2008 at 5:38 am | Permalink

    2 Things.

    What is the ice skating picture in there for?

    Their hands are modeled on Gi-Joe.

  5. Posted September 23, 2008 at 12:15 pm | Permalink

    Great culture of past time. What do you think about the culture for now, is it increasing or decreasing…

  6. someone
    Posted April 8, 2009 at 1:16 am | Permalink

    Yeah – what’s with the ice skating picture? I don’t get it.

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