Terracotta Army. China

The complex is the tomb of Qin Shih Huang Ti is the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty - is located at the foot of Mount Lishan in more than 20 km from the city of Xian in Shaanxi province. Tomb is    striking in its originality. Qin Shi Huang (259 - 210 years. BC.) created China's first centralized state and proclaimed himself as the founder of the Qin empire. Claiming during his life to rule over all the  kingdoms, Qin Shi Huang couldn't accept the loneliness after his death. To date, the complex tomb are discovered the ruins of more than 600 graves and crypts for burial objects that were buried with the dead. On campus the tomb of Qin Shih Huang Ti found three grand tomb in which the buried terracotta statues of warriors and steeds of war. This terracotta army in detail reproduce this military unit, stand by all the rules of the Qin empire.

According to preliminary estimates, after excavation of all three crypts it will be possible to extract more than 7000 terracotta statues of warriors than 600 terracotta statues of horses, more than a hundred chariots, a few hundred thousand samples of weapons. Statues of warriors and horses are made at full-length, the height of the statues of soldiers is ranging from 1.7 to 2 m, which averages about 1.8 m. Each figure is unique. The warriors are different in appearance, posture, facial expression, as if each statue was clung from real people. The height of the statues of horses usually reaches 1.5 m, body length - 2 meters long was found just a few of the statues of warriors and steeds of war, forming part of the tomb complex of Qin Shih Huang Ti, but now this the discovery is regarded as a miracle. Archaeologists say: the tomb complex of Qin Shih Huang Ti is too grandiose to reveal all its secrets. If to work in the traditional way, then to excavate the entire complex are needed at least 200 years. It is still unknown how many more wonders the tomb of Qin Shihuna hides, and for how long will remain the undisturbed sleep a mysterious underground palace.