Terracotta Army, growing continuously
Chinese archaeologists have discovered in November, another 114 terracotta soldiers in the Qin Dynasty funerary complex near Xian, in Shaanxi province, the BBC announces.
The statues were painted in bright colors and were positioned near ships, weapons and other artifacts, reports China Daily.
“I was excited to discover that the terracotta soldiers were painted in rich colors,” said Xu Weihong, research team leader. “It was a difficult job to restore the statues because they were broken. It took at least 10 days.’
Archaeologists say that all fighters were originally decorated in bright colors, but the over 2,000 years in the underground have removed the paint.
Have so far more than 8,000 statues made in the third century BC have been discovered .
The tomb was built for Emperor Qin Shihuang, considered the first emperor of China. Terracotta soldiers were meant to defend it even after death.
Funerary complex was discovered accidentally in 1974 by some villagers.
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