TERRACOTTA --- CHINA'S GHOST ARMY

TERRACOTTA ARMY

The Terracotta Army  is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.

• Terracttoa army is a collection of Terracota sculptures by first emperor of China QIN SHI HUANG

• It is in form of clay's funerary art buried with emperor in 210-209BCE to protect emperor in his after life

• It was discovered in late 1974 by local farmers after 2000 years

• The sculptures include warriors, chariot,and horses 

• Estimates were three pits containing 8000 shoilders, 130 chariots, 520 horses, 150 

• cavalry, and majority of which is still remained burried in pits 

• Each status is nearly 2 metres tall and weighing 300kgs 

• No two of statue are identical or same alike from their shoes,their bodies,and especially their faces all seem different

• Some believe that the 8000 clay warriors are all individuals