Terracotta Warriors Horse and Carriage



The Terracotta Warriors and Horses is ranked as one the most great archaeological discoveries in the world of the 20th century. It is honored as “The Eighth Wonder of the World”. As part of funerary pits of the mausoleum, pits of Terracotta Warriors and Horses were set 1500 meters east to Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum. From the year 1974 on, these funerary pits were gradually discovered and excavated. What makes the Terracotta army so special is how diverse each soldier was made. Their facial expressions and characteristics are individually unique from one another. 

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