ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°23’6” N 109°16’27” E
30. September 2018 in China ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
We’re just about ready to leave the terracotta warriors excavation and I’m still so impressed by it. I could easily spend all day here but we’ve got to stay with our tour group. I’m sure thatWeiterlesen
ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°23’5” N 109°16’26” E
30. September 2018 in China ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
You call him Doctor Jones, doll! My Indiana Jones Lego figure fit in perfectly here. I’ve since moved on from the Legos and now use full sized figures. I can think of so many other choices that IWeiterlesen
ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°23’9” N 109°16’27” E
30. September 2018 in China ⋅ 70 °F
These figures look like they are being prepared for display. I’m thinking that these must be the newest ones to be excavated from the digging site. It must be amazing to work on recovering theseWeiterlesen
ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°23’5” N 109°16’23” E
30. September 2018 in China ⋅ 70 °F
The placement of the arms, and lack of full armor, makes me think that not all of these figures are designed as warriors. I’m not sure what this one was supposed to be carrying but it doesn’t seemWeiterlesen
ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°23’5” N 109°16’24” E
30. September 2018 in China ⋅ 72 °F
The terracotta army is only part of a garrison in Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, which covers nearly 56 square kilometers. Most of it still remains unearthed. Excavation and restoration of terracottaWeiterlesen
ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°23’5” N 109°16’25” E
30. September 2018 in China ⋅ 70 °F
In September 1987, the Terracotta Army was praised as the Eighth Wonder of the World by the former French President Jacques Chirac.
He said: "There were Seven Wonders in the world, and the discoveryWeiterlesen
ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°23’5” N 109°16’25” E
30. September 2018 in China ⋅ 72 °F
This is the largest and most impressive of the three vaults. It’s around the size of an airplane hangar. There are over 6,000 terracotta figures of soldiers and horses here but less than 2,000 areWeiterlesen
ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°23’9” N 109°16’27” E
30. September 2018 in China ⋅ 70 °F
Although you can’t really tell from the photos here so far, this place is huge! It’s so big, in fact. That I had to use the fisheye lens to capture it all in a single frame. Over our time here, weWeiterlesen
ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°22’39” N 109°15’37” E
13. September 2015 in China ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Het staat ook wel bekend als het 'achtste wereldwonder'. Meer dan 8.000 levensgrote krijgers en paarden van klei, bedoeld als leger van de keizer na zijn dood. Verdeeld over drie sites staan ze alWeiterlesen
ChinaShaanxiSunjiaping34°23’9” N 109°16’27” E
30. September 2018 in China ⋅ 70 °F
This is what the terracotta warriors area looks like. It looks like they are being excavated in rows that have been dug into the ground. I wonder if there are more figures in the areas that haven’tWeiterlesen
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