The infamous Terra Cotta soldiers belonged to the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, in order to guard him into the afterlife. The terracotta figures were discovered in 1974 by some local farmers near Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, near the Mausoleum of the second Ming Emperor. The figures vary in height according to their role, the tallest being the generals. The figures include strong warriors, chariots, horses, officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians. Current estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 100 chariots with 400 horses and 300 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits. They were suspected to be constructed because of the emperor's paranoia that all the people he killed in his lifetime would haunt him in death.
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