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14 The Terra Cotta Arfmmy
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in the'graVc5 ofancient rulers for use 油
asures placed in 1 of Chinese emperor
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buried With him!
You have probably heard of tre
出ce afterlife. But no grave Site was moIc impress
Qin Shihuangdi. This monarch had an entire army 多基點
Qin Shihuangdi, who ruled in the second century B.C。 be
country of China. He unified seven independent state5 that na ee
centuries. Then he built the Great Wall to keep invaders 焉bay. 繼 & $ 1 的
government currency and measurement that he established remained in Place un
we into 出e twentieth 人了 還
When Qins grave was excav上ed in 1974, archagglo (喲上導 rypical roy 中 ,
cNtficre were rare cerarmlcs
ial treasures. There was Jewelry of gold, jade, and See
and coins. But also in the gravesite was aremarkable collection of over 8,000 full-
Size stattles of soldiers, horses, and chariots. This army, made of terra_ cotta, Was
Jmed up mm battle formation.
Fis not only the size of this clay army that is astonishing. The quality and vari-
cty of the sculptures 1s also impressiv ldiers body was made of coils of
rough clay and 出en coated with a 人 fclay. The head and the hands were
created separatejy 檻he result was that no two soldiers looked exact
yalike. Armong
世e many types of soldiers一1 dressed in appropriatey brightly paint
Were foot soldiers, armed chariot drivers, and archers.
Sevyeral hundred 由ousand laborers created Qins terra cotta ar
ed uniforms一-
1 7? 人 1 噴 my Their work
Temained in place, protecting Qins remalins 比Qotbissbirie 人 2,006 :
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