The Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor's Army
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Legend has it that in 210BC the first Emperor of unified China, Shi Huang-te, decreed that after his death his body would be clothed in jade, cast adrift in a lake of mercury within a pyramid, and protected by an everlasting army. In 1974, archaeologists discovered the first of more than 7000 lifesize terracotta warriors buried near the pyramid tomb of Shi Huang-te, confirming that the legend was more than myth. But why were the massive soldiers, each weighing more than half a tonne, buried there at all? Was it simply to guard the emperor in the afterlife? Or was there more to the legend...?
Author: Maurice M. Cotterell
Format: Hardback, 320 pages, 156mm x 236mm
Published: 2003, Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom
Genre: Ancient History
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Legend has it that in 210BC the first Emperor of unified China, Shi Huang-te, decreed that after his death his body would be clothed in jade, cast adrift in a lake of mercury within a pyramid, and protected by an everlasting army. In 1974, archaeologists discovered the first of more than 7000 lifesize terracotta warriors buried near the pyramid tomb of Shi Huang-te, confirming that the legend was more than myth. But why were the massive soldiers, each weighing more than half a tonne, buried there at all? Was it simply to guard the emperor in the afterlife? Or was there more to the legend...?
The Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor's Army