Terracotta+Warriors

By:Annalise

__** The Terracotta Warriors **__ Qin Shi Huang di, who was the first emperor of china, had theses statues buried with him around 210 B.C.. This emperor was known for his fear of death and his quest for the way to immorality. This is why he had theses life like statues of soldiers buried in his tomb. **   The Discovery    ** The terracotta warriors were discovered in 1974 Xian, China. The funny thing is that they were discovered on accident. Local farmers were digging a well when the broke into a pit containing 6000 of the life size warriors. After the discovery of the first pit, two more pits were discovered that also contained many of the warriors.
 * The History   **

Pit # 1 has an area of 14,260 square meters making the largest of all the pits. The pit is 230 meters long and 62 meters wide. This pit is also very cavern-like with a depth of 5 of meters. The pit is constructed of earth and wood. There are five different entrances to the pit. There are ten different walls separating the warriors into different columns. The floor is paved with black bricks. More than 6,000 warriors and horses fill this pit. They are all in battle line formation. Some of the warriors are armed with crossbows.
 *  Pit # 1   **

** Pit # 2   ** Pit #2 is about 20 meters east of pit # 1. This pit is substantially smaller than pit # 1, with only 6,000 square meters. There are only 1,000 warriors, 500 horses, and 89 wooden chariots.

** Pit # 3   ** Pit # 3 is 25 meters north of pit # 1. It is a concave structure with 520 square meters. There are 68 warriors, four horses, and one chariot. There are also bones of animals and deer antlers spread around which were probably sacrifices that were offered on the eve of a battle.

** The Appearance of The Warriors   ** The terracotta warriors are each very unique. Each warrior's face looks different from any other. This is because there were 8 different face molds used for the base of each face. From that, sculptors added on clay and shaped each individual face to look different. As for the body, each limb was created separately, most likely in an assembly line, and them assembled together to form the figure. Each warrior is life sized standing approximately 5 feet tall each.

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