023 - Soldiers Made of Terracotta
Qin Shi Huang Di has a lot to do. He is going to send troops to conquer more land, this time to the South. He was going to try and standardize thought, and he was going to try and live forever. But in the event he couldn't live forever, he built one of the most incredible burial sites ever. His tomb would be guarded by over 8,000 Terracotta soldiers, though this tomb was thought to be another gross ancient chronicle exaggeration. That is, until 1974....Listen to now to hear it all and more!
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Qin Shi Huang Di himself
Categories of Terracotta Warriors
Terracotta warriors in pit 1.
Recreation of the necropolis
Map of the Qin Dynasty
Mythological mountain of Penglai.
Warrior on a horse-drawn chariot
Recreation of what the warriors would have looked like painted