The famous <terracota army> Soldier and Horse funery status:
The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province.
The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and
150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits nearby Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.
the terracotta army
The estimated burial time of the Terracotta Army is around 209 BCE, and the discovery time is 1974 CE. Thus, the Terracotta Army was buried for 2100 years at least.
He ordered to build the Terracotta Army as his tomb guard in accordance with the appearance of his elite soldiers.
The Terracotta Army warriors were originally underground.
The Terracotta Army was an army of life-sized terracotta figurines found in an ancient Chinese Imperial burial.
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They were his army
Terracotta army in Chinese. jk its 赤陶军队. :)
the Terracotta Army figurines are not people therefor they didn't live anywhere or at any time
It was not the Terracotta Army that Qin Shihuang used to take the whole country, but the soldiers who the Terracotta Army modelled after. Thus the unification of China by Qin Shihuang was happened in 221 BCE.
A fact about the terracotta army is that 1.All of the clay soldiers represent one of the soldiers that was in the army. So it basically represents the soldiers that was in the army.
They were buried