Chinese farmers discovered an ancient army of Terra Cotta soldiers and weapons near Xi'an City in 1974. The soldiers were crafted to be buried with Qin Shi Haung Di after his death to protect him in the afterlife. There are over 8,000 life-sized Terra Cotta soldiers and horses that were buried with the emperor over 2,000 years ago. The massive tomb project took 39 years to complete and employed thousands of workers.

1. Terra Cotta Soldiers!!!
In 1974 Chinese farmers, who were trying to sink a well near Xi’an City
discovered ancient bronze weapons and pieces of Terra Cotta. Terra Cotta is hard
reddish brown earthenware that is used for decorations on buildings, vases, and in this
case an army of Terra Cotta soldiers. These soldiers were made to put in the Mausoleum
of Qin Shi Haung Di. His mausoleum was ornate and richly decorated. When Qin Shi
Haung Di died, thousands of Soldiers, weapons, horses, and chariots were made and
was buried with him. Each soldier was modeled from an actual soldier in his army, some
say that those are the real soldiers and they got turned into Terra Cotta to protect him.
There are at least 2000 found life-size statues of soldiers, horses, chariots, wagons, and
weapons. But archaeologists think there might be as many as 6000! The weapons they
found are bows, arrows, and spears. The whole burial ground employed about 72 000
workers and took about 39 years to build! Many of the laborers died during the
construction of the tomb. But it is told that that most of the remaining workers were
actually killed after the construction of the tomb, so that they won’t come back and rob
it, because since they built it they know how to get in and out and not get caught .
This is a model of 2 Terra
This is a model of a Terra Cotta soldiers with a knife
Cotta soldier on a wagon and a sickle.
pulled by a horse