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Terracotta Army (Complete Collection)

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Terracotta Army (Complete Collection)

8,000 clay soldiers guarding a 2,200-year-old emperor/Art & Sculpture

The Terracotta Army consists of approximately 8,000 soldiers, 670 horses, and 130 chariots buried with China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, around 210 BCE. Each soldier is unique, with individual facial features, hairstyles, and expressions. The warriors were originally painted in vivid colors that faded within minutes of excavation when exposed to air. Only about 2,000 have been fully excavated so far.

Measurements

Warrior height (average)1.8 m
1.2 tenthsSubway cars
9Plier lengths
Single warrior mass160 kg
10.9 millionthsBrooklyn Bridge masses
53.3 billionFruit fly eggs
5.93Dalmatian dogs
Pit 1 area14,260 m^2
1.6 millionPhone screens
1.6 hundredthsAirport runways
1,358Trampoline surfaces

230 x 62 meters

Estimated total mass (all figures)1.6 million kg
355,556Adult house cats
640 billionMosquito weights
7.84Statues of Liberty

About 1,600 tonnes

Age (as of 2026)70.6 billion s
141 millionLight-minutes to Earth
2.4 billionPrinter warm-up cycles

About 2,236 years

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