Speaking of the 7 wonders....

In march 1974 a group of Chinese workers in attempt to find water started to dig a well. All happened next to the mountain Li in the north of China. To their surprise, instead of water they found several Terracotta statues. Since then archeologists found a whole army of soldiers and their horses. It is estimated that the number of soldier statues will reach some 8000 pieces. Some archeological excavations still continue...

The Terracotta army was part of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor built during the 3rd century. The amazing thing about the statues is, that they are all unique in their size and facial features. It is assumed that the statues of the officers of Qin army were done according to their real look.

It seems that the army was destroyed quite soon after its creation due to a fire. Most of the statues were thus broken and had to go through a reconstruction. Some though kept their shape and even colour which gives quite important testimony of the army life and the looks of men in the 3rd century in China.