Often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world the Terra-
Cotta Army, dating back to 210 BC was built to help the first
Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang rule in the afterlife. It is
estimated that more then 700,000 laborers and craftsmen
manufactured the estimated 9,000 soldiers, chariots and horses.
So far 3 main pits have been discovered; Pit 1 and the largest,
the top 2 images above, contains the main army; Pit 2 the next
largest and the image above contained specialized troops such as
archers. Pit 3 , the smallest of the three was the troop command
center. The army was discovered by some local farmers digging
for water back in 1974 when they came across some pottery
pieces, the rest is history. For a donation you can get a
founding farmer to, (get it, founding farmer, just made that up
right now), sign your Terra-Cotta Army book and then they will
allow you to take their picture as well, one of the farmers is
signing my book in the image above, very cool. Before the Terra-
Cotta Army there was a small v