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Archeologists have had to reconstruct the soldiers from thousands of pieces.
Photo by Richard Chambers.
When was the army discovered?
The Terracotta Army was discovered by farmers digging a well in 1974, over 2,000 years after it was covered over during the burial of Emperor Qin.
The army was located about a mile from the tomb of the emperor.
Interesting Facts about the Terracotta Army
- The horses in the army are saddled. This shows that the saddle had been invented by the time of the Qin Dynasty.
- There are four main pits that house the army.
They are around 21 feet deep.
- The bronze weapons of the soldiers were found in excellent condition because they were coated with a thin layer of chromium which protected them for thousands of years.
- Most of the statues were found broken into many pieces which archeologists have been carefully putting back together for many years.
- Terracotta is a common type of hard-baked clay.
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