Terracotta Army
About Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE in his mausoleum with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.
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It's so interesting that, like, in recent archaeology, we keep learning more and more about cultures colliding way before we realize. Did you guys see that story about the ancient Greeks? They're looking at the terracotta warriors and they're suddenly thinking that ancient Greek artists were involved in helping in the making of the terracotta army. I asked a historian friend if that had any credence to it and he said, absolutely, it looks like very convincing, looks extremely convincing.
from 140: No Such Thing As Books For Pirate-Children, 2016-11-19 at 00:35:16 · read transcript
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Apparently most umbrellas are still made in China. Are they? Yeah. Actually they found that the terracotta army is one of the chariots that has a giant umbrella that's attached to it. That must have been an amazing discovery when they saw that. Because you would think you don't invent the umbrella before the house. You'd think that in terms of people they would get like a rough kind of covering and hang on we could add walls to this.
146: No Such Thing As A Queen Orca, 2017-01-07 · listen
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