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In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century – the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head made of clay in Xi’an, China, archaeologists were called in to investigate. What they found was extraordinary. Thousands of life-like terracotta figures from the Qin dynasty, fashioned 2,000 years ago to protect the First Emperor of China in the afterlife. Archaeologist Li Xiuzhen has worked on the site since the 1980s. Her team was the first to discover that each warrior was originally painted in bright colours.

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  1. @carlplz00001

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Just wow 😯.

  2. @bottle1lack743

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Terracotta from italian means (Boiling Ground).
    Anyway, who knows how much man power they needed (same as for the building of the pyramidess) to have made each ''soldier" in such detail.

  3. @DoNotForget45180

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Rice..

  4. @currentbatches6205

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    We were there, say late '90s. I remarked to our guide it was fortunate the site had not been found during the 'Cultural Revolution'. He admitted he was too young to know, but his parents had also expressed relief for the same reason. Mao's idiocy could have caused much greater harm.

  5. @kato_dsrdr

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Dang. This looks mythical.

  6. @blastofo

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Modern historians often refute the extraordinary claims made by ancient historians, and consider many things exaggerations or myths. But it's fascinating when we discover some things to be true. We find it hard to believe because we live in a much different world where those massive amounts of manpower and money only go towards projects like building the Panama canal, or the NYC subway system, and not into projects we would consider non-essential in our time. People wouldn't believe the ancient Egyptians stacked two million 10 ton stones if the pyramids disappeared in Antiquity. I bet the ancient wonders of the world, like the hanging gardens of Babylon, were as great as they say.

  7. @keithbott7978

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Anyone know the location of Mudusa at the time of these warriors?

  8. @user-kb1cc1rd2s

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    accoglamo insieme a voi il.nuovo anno….. Feb 10 2024

  9. @divineawesomeawesome7895

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Such a marvel

  10. @mollieborrevik2483

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Wow I have learned about Chinas AncieBureied Army Ai- ya

  11. @thedarkhugheshughes2640

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Wow

  12. @ImRiku_

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    At it all makes sense now. Since the Terracotta army was found, China's military has over doubled in strength

  13. @Blossomplayz_roblox

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    My sister in G4 learns about them!

  14. @powerbreed

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    I still find it funny China was once ruled by a baby

  15. @kevinanaks8554

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    I have seen it, but I still can't comprehend it..

  16. @chelereich2463

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    So reminds me of the Bible stories about man being created from clay and of Noah's arc, no two alike and one of every kind. Keeping an open mind on the facts that those places are here somewhere on earth and no one has yet figured out where or how. Similar to Moses and Egypt, it would make so much sense for the plagues to have came down from the pyramids and all those chambers and things in the pyramids no one has an explanation for their use, what if they were used to hold and breed the locusts and other insects, that where the let out through one of those tunnels heading towards the ought, and fell upon the people living below. This could also apply to the other parts of the plague and areas around the pyramids, especially since during this time frame these were things used in warfare and siege.

  17. @shayhan6227

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    This is the kind of news BBC should stick to covering. Not the biased political bullshit they cover now.

  18. @rgudduu

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Even such a learned person cannot speak English properly. Curious what's that about China-Japan etc

  19. @equarg

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    To think they are still scared to open the tomb.
    Mercury poisoning is no joke.

  20. @jieli3313

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    I love you, China's number one housing price! A $1000 per square meter apartment building! And the wages of the Chinese people have not increased at all! I love the Chinese government praising xi jin ping! Abuse the people! because this is love as Chinese government said love!

  21. @halo-august3452

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    This Dude DEFINITELY Did Some Vile Stuff For This To Be Needed.

  22. @stevenmedina4512

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    The terra cotta warriors were the real immortals ,the fake immortals were against Sparta

  23. @tmilholin7552

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    definitely one of the top 5 man made wonders of the world. absolutely beautiful

  24. @TheCompdept

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    How are you going to make a video profiting off of this where you mention the farmers that found it but completely negate the fact that out of I believe seven people who found this discovery were all pushed off their land. They had their houses and and their land taken from them. They received absolutely nothing for finding this (which sadly is the norm on this planet, to discover something in the credit goes to your government and its museums). One of them has committed suicide and the rest of them have died in poverty of the one or two that are remaining the occasionally get to sign autographs for pennies. I'm not saying you need to be rewarded handsome fee for a discovery, but it certainly seems like the handsome reward for this discovery went to people that didn't discuss it. And now here is the bbc history getting their slice of the pie without ever mentioning the strife that the people who actually deserve the credit for fighting this went through.

  25. @user-wx3om7rz1s

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Hai kebodohan kebodohan… Mengapa engkau menghujjah dirimu sendiri sedang engkau adalah ORANG KAPIR ORANG KAPIR yang di pelihara olehnya, oleh sebab engkau di ciptakan dari TANAH sedang mereka di ciptakan dari patung,,, akankah istri istri takut kepadaku karena aku tidak bisa menafkahinya, dan akankah bidadari bidadari ku berhamburan karena merasa takut akan melahirkan ,,, sedang malaikat menghujjah diri mu sendiri setampan tampan yusup dan secantik cantik julaikho, sedang saat ini abad 21 aku merasa lelah dan kecapean, kenapa kalian tidak berusaha menciptakan diri ku wahai kebodohan kebodohan hanya dengan memanggil ku, kenapa kalian tidak berusaha untuk melahirkan ku, sedang tidak ada sekutu apapun di dunia hingga ke akhirat melainkan hanya aku,,, sedang permaisuri permaisuri ku terluka karena keangkuhan kalian tentang kekuatan ku,,, mengapa kalian tidak menciptakan dan melahirkan diri kalian sendiri dari jenis jenis mu, sehingga semua RATU RATU ku ingkar karena kalian setiap saat hanya sebut sebut ISTANAnya, sedang aku maha perkasa lagi maha agung,,, mengapa kebodohan kebodohan menyertai kalian sehingga aku mulai lelah tidak menciptakan dan berusaha melhirkan aku, sedang aku tidak beranak dan tidak pula di peranakan,,,,

  26. @Tomas_Vrbada

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    This shit is loco

  27. @alehanjdro1

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    This ritual is very similar to Ancient Egyptians preserving animals and human amulet alongside their deceased to serve in afterlife…sadly though many concubines were buried alive when their Emperor died. Monastic life was their only alternative option to live.

  28. @melvincortes3528

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    .

  29. @klenhattMate

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Now I wonder, what is below my house? Probably dirt, probably a small bone, a fossil, or treasure. I just wonder how much can be under the ground.

  30. @Pulsonar

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    It’s completely breathtaking, not even a Spielberg movie could dream up an archaeological artefact of thjs spectacular magnitude. 8000 figures, 130 chariots, 520 horses in over 25,000 Sq metres! They believe it’s only a tiny part of a much larger ancient complex. Chinese hearts must’ve been bursting with honour and pride after the first exhibition was opened to the public in 1975, just 1 year after the Terracotta Army was discovered in 1974.

  31. @popeyefreeze2541

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    British couldn't colonize China. China was far too powerful to be colonized

  32. @popeyefreeze2541

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Banana banana banana banana terracotta banana terracotta terracotta pie

  33. @abderrazaklasmar9254

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    Yemen

  34. @loud865

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    The greatest find that we are allowed to talk about u mean
    No where near the greatest find but at least we are allowed to know it exists

  35. @user-fu2xy8dw6t

    January 28, 2024 at 2:36 am

    ពួកអាប្រធានាធិបតីឆ្កួត អញធ្វើស្អីគឺ
    ជារឿងរបស់ពួកអញប្រជាជនតើទៅ
    ពាក់ព័ន្ធអីនិងពួកអអត់ប្រយោជន៍ពួកហែង រាល់ថ្ងៃឆ្លែពួកហែងរស់ដោយសារអញនិងហែង កុំអោយវានិយាយអត់ប្រយោជន៍ប៉ះពាល់ផលប្រយោជន៍ពួកអញ អាអត់ប្រយោជន៍ កាន់តំណែង អញអោយផង កុំថ្លៃថ្នូរសំបកក្រៅពេក អាអត់ប្រយោជន៍ ( ឆ្កែសម្លេងតំណាង joe Biden វាព្រូសរញ៉េរញ៉ៃ ការរស់នៅ របស់ពួកខ្ញុំ ឥឡូវនេះ វានិយាយផ្ដេសផ្ដាស់តំណាងអ្នកនេះអ្នកនោះពេក ខ្ញុំសរសេរតែវាតំណាង joe Biden ទេ និយាយដដែលៗ អត់ប្រយោជន៍ )

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