terracotta warriors

we visted the warriors yesterday. And let me tell you i can see why it is classifed as a UNESCO world heritage site and why it is the 8th wonder of the world. The first emeperor of the Qin Dynasty (225-207 bc) started building his tomb when he was twenty some years old. The site of the warriors possess very good Feng shui because the mountains are to the south and the river is to the north. The site was discovered in 1974 by a farmer who was digging a well and he brought a head of one of the warriors. Archaeologists started to dig at that site and then in 1976 they found pits 2 and 3. There are 3 pits open of approximately 500. They estimate that there are 8000 warriors and alot are still buried. In 1997 they found bronze work of rare birds and animals- however thie is closed to public. In 1987 they found two chariots buried; unfortunately it was in thousands of pieces and took 8 years to restore. The reason why he built the army and all of the artifacts is because he needed all these things in the after life. The one chariot even had air conditioning! It had a door and two windows. But the emperor planned on travelling his land in the afterlife so he wanted to be comfortable.
He built 4 types of men- archer, charioteer, cavalry, and infantry. All of these forms were outfitted with different types of armor, dress, hair and shoes. They were also painted and they all looked different.
One of the swords that was unearthed contained chromium which wasn't invented until the 30's. I like that fact that it was in china some 2000 years prior.
I am sure if you search it on google you will be able to find the musuem, Xian terracotta warriors.