2,200-year-old Terracotta Warriors and their horses in their burial pits, Qin Shi Huang, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

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2,200-year-old Terracotta Warrior(s) from the tomb complex of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, near Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. These funerary statues of soldiers and horses astonished the world at their discovery in 1974. They number in the thousands and are astonishing in their detail - each one is unique in face arnour detail, hairstyle and even shoe tread.

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Size: 3264px × 4928px
Location: Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Photo credit: © Daniel Palmer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: art, burial, ceramics, charioteer, china, clay, culture, death, goods, grave, horse, horses, mausoleum, officers, pits, shaanxi, soldiers, spears, terracotta, tomb, tourism, travel, warrior, xi