Pit length230 m
5,111Matchsticks
1,000Wine glass heights
9.6 trillionthsVoyager 1 distances
East-west dimension
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Terracotta Army (Pit 1)
The largest pit of Emperor Qin's underground clay army/Historical
Pit 1 of the Terracotta Army near Xi'an, China, is the largest of three pits containing life-size clay soldiers built to protect Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife. Discovered in 1974 by farmers digging a well, Pit 1 measures 230 m by 62 m and contains an estimated 6,000 warriors arranged in battle formation. Each figure is unique, standing about 1.8 m tall (with officers up to 2 m). The pit is divided by rammed-earth walls into 11 corridors, creating an underground army in perpetual formation.
Measurements
Pit width62 m
7.29Limousine lengths
544Popsicle lengths
2.16Basketball court lengths
North-south dimension
Pit area14,260 m2
2.66Football fields
3.1 millionPlaying cards
Total excavated area
Pit depth5 m
1.3 thousandthsAkashi Kaikyo spans
6.3 hundredthsCity blocks
21.3 millionthsJamaica lengths
Below ground surface
Warrior height (average)1.8 m
7.2 hundredthsClock tower heights
11.7 billionCarbon atoms
1.8 tenthsFire engine lengths
Life-size infantry figures
Single warrior mass200 kg
44.4House cats
2.6 thousandthsSpace Shuttle orbiters
6.7 tenthsFull bathtubs
Hollow fired clay construction