World-Famous Terra Cotta Warrior Museum

These are pictures from the world famous Terra Cotta Warrior Museum.  This site is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, making it one of the most important archeological sites in the world and it is referred to as the 8th wonder of the world.  The site was discovered by a peasant digging a well in 1974.  Since that time over 7,000 life-size terra cotta warriors, horses and chariots have been painstakingly unearthed.  The site was constructed 2,000 years ago at the direction of China's first Emperor, Qin (pronounced Chin) who believed that he would live in an after-life world and wanted to make sure he had his army with him.  The peasant who discovered the first shards of the warriors is now employed at the museum where he daily autographs thousands of books that tell the story of the discovery.  He is now 80 years old and signs his name in calligraphy - I purchased and had him autograph one of the books.  TEACHERS: if you are doing social studies and have never taught your students about the terra cotta warriors, they would absolutely eat up the story!   

Dave