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The Incredible Story of China's Buried Warriors by 
The Ancient History of China by 
The Ancient Chinese by With exclusive access to pioneering research conducted by University College London and the Terracotta Army Museum, this documentary uncovers new secrets of China's fabled warriors.
Burial practices in ancient China reveal an elaborate belief in the afterlife as our Director of Exhibitions, Fiona Philpott and Guest curator, James Lin explain. Discover more objects from royal burial sites at our landmark exhibition, China's First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors.
Even more than 2,000 years after his reign, Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin Dynasty has left treasures worth billions to be discovered in his tomb, buried more than 114 underground and rumoured to contain running rivers of poisonous mercury. That’s not the only thing protecting one of China’s most powerful emperors from being disturbed from his slumber.
Protecting the tomb of the Emperor is a multi-billion-dollar Terracotta Army in a model of a subterranean city. Scientists and archaeologists have uncovered bronze weapons, chariots and thousands of clay warriors and horses. These Terracotta Warriors are vast in numbers and were once bright and colorful. Their weapons are still sharp and they reach heights of up to 2 meters. Unearthing the Emperor’s army is one of the most vast archeological discoveries in the world, but his tomb has yet to be excavated because the technology to do so safely just doesn't exist. According to Chinese historians, there are palaces, riches, and traps waiting for those who dare to enter.
It’s no surprise that one of China’s richest rulers would have such an epic burial spot. The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is only one of his most epic construction projects-- he was also the emperor who led the construction of The Great Wall of China, estimated to have cost more than $95 billion today. Let’s explore the Terracotta Army that protects the Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and discover what could be buried within the Emperor’s mysterious Mausoleum.
In 1974, farmers digging a well near their small village stumbled upon one of the most important finds in archaeological history – vast underground chambers surrounding a Chinese emperor’s tomb that contained more than 8,000 life-size clay soldiers ready for battle. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen shares the fascinating history of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
China's First Emperor, Qin Shihuang, planned to spend his afterlife buried in a palatial tomb, surrounded by all his worldly treasures. To guard his mausoleum, he commissioned an army of terracotta warriors unlike anything seen before or since.
