Tag Archives: Terracotta Army

Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic

July 18, 2014 · by · in Misc., Weekly Photo Challenges · Leave a comment

Until 1974 no one knew what was buried near the Emperor Qin Shì Huang’s Mausoleum outside Xi’an. Then peasant farmers came along and tried to dig a well and in lieu of water they discovered the 8th Wonder of the World… the Terracotta Army.     And like the gift that keeps on giving, there […]

Humpty Dumpty is in trouble!

July 1, 2014 · by · in China · 2 Comments

“The Average height of the Terracotta Warriors is 180cm” This fact was brought to you by our young volunteer tour guide at the Terracotta Warriors. On closer inspection you see that not only are the soldiers different heights, but they are different body sizes and (apparently) no two faces are the same. This becomes surreal […]