(July 18, 2015) Some of the 9000 soldiers meant to be the Emperor’s army in the afterlife. Their wood weapons long ago rotted away. Discovered by a farmer when he drilled a well in 1974. Each face distinctly modeled on the individual faces of the 8000 workers who created them. Their reward? Immediate execution upon completion of the tomb to conceal the whereabouts of the buried army.

2000 -year-old army on the move

Waiting patiently for rescue.

Horse half entombed

Horses buried alive with their stone chariots 1800 years ago