Discovered stone armor manufacturing area for the tomb of Qin Shi Huang

The stone was discovered in an area in Shaanxi Province, China, which is similar to the stone found on the armor in the Qin Emperor Emperor's Tomb.

Chinese archaeologists recently discovered in Shaanxi province an area believed to be the basis for manufacturing armor plates made from pieces of stone similar to the armor in the tomb of Qin Shihuang.

Excavation at a burial pit northwest of Xi'an City, where an earthen army guarded the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang.(Source: CCTVNews).

On December 4, the Archaeological Institute of Shaanxi Province said the area was over ¹⁰⁰ square meters ^{, and} was discovered in a reserve in Qin Do District, Ham Duong City.

The stone here is similar in nature to the stones on the armor in the Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Tomb (221-207 BC).

In addition, archaeologists also found many materials for making armor such as stone, processed materials, waste and tools such as knives, punches and iron drills.

In 1998, archaeologists discovered an area of ​​burying armor grafted from stone fragments of the tomb of Qin Shi Huang .

In 2001, experts found an area believed to be one of the stone armor manufacturing facilities located 4.5 km north of the tomb.

In July, researchers discovered similar remains at a site 40km from the mausoleum.

The newly discovered area enriches the findings of the tomb of the first emperor to unify China and adds new material to the process of studying the functions of the northern tomb area.

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