Awakened: Qin's Terra-Cotta Army

Qin Shi Huang (260–210 BC) was the King of the state of Qin who conquered all other Warring States and united China in 221 BC. Rather than maintain the title of king borne by the Shang and Zhou rulers, he ruled as the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty from 220 to 210 BC. The title emperor would continue to be borne by Chinese rulers for the next two millennia. One of the first projects the young king accomplished while he was alive was the construction of his own tomb. Qin Shi Huang ordered General Meng Tian with 300,000 men to begin construction. It was constructed over a period of 38 years, from 246 to 208 BC. It is situated underneath a 76-meter-tall tomb mound. The layout of the mausoleum is modeled on the Qin capital of Xianyang, divided into inner and outer cities. The circumference of the inner city is 2.5 km and the outer is 6.3 km. The tomb is located in the southwest of the inner city and faces east. The main tomb chamber housing the coffin and burial artifacts is the core of the architectural complex of the mausoleum. The tomb itself has not yet been excavated. Archaeological explorations currently concentrate on various sites of the extensive necropolis surrounding the tomb, including the Terracotta Army to the east of the tomb mound. The Terracotta Army served as a garrison to the mausoleum and has yet to be completely excavated. It is now the biggest on-site Museum in China. This book is a beautiful photographic exploration of the masses of terracotta statues that have been uncovered to date and some of the ongoing work.
ASIN: 7541818208
VSKU: RDV.7541818208.G
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Author/Artist:ZHANG LIN (ed)
Binding: Paperback
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