In 1974, east of Xi’an in Shaanxi Province, farmers stumbled upon a human face staring up at them macabrely from the soil. They had unknowingly discovered the terracotta warriors safeguarding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BCE). The nowfamous funerary art exhibit consists of 8,000 statues armed with their weapons, horses and chariots cast in extraordinary detail, sporting intricate hairstyles and elaborate detailing in their terracotta armour.
When completed,
