New discovery of terracotta army in the tomb of Qin Shihuang

By modern means, scientists have recently proved that the terracotta army in the tomb of Qin Shihuang is the "replica" of an army of flesh and bones.

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These terracotta statues are proven to follow the prototype of a real army, not a mass product.

Since being discovered by locals in 1974, experts have questioned whether the sizes of these terracotta warriors were modeled after real people or that they were just products of production lines. Export a series of random details such as hairstyles, then insert them to make them easy to distinguish.

Now, experts have created 3D computer models of statues, focusing on the ears because they think its shape is as unique as fingerprints, which will help determine that Simulated warriors from real people.

National Geographic channel said a group of archaeologists from University College London (UCL) worked with experts of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang in Lin Dong, China to obtain an ancient model from the back of the warriors.

They measure proportions on faces, focusing on the ears because their different forms are used to identify individuals.

Experts argue that if the simulated warrior statues from real people their ears must be of different shapes.

Because the statues are tightly packed together in the burial pit, using a scanner to simulate 3D images of ears will not cause concern to damage the ancient originals.

After working with 30 simulations, the experts discovered that no ears are exactly the same and this difference is the same as in real people. UCL archaeologist Marcos Martinon-Torres said: 'From these early models can show that terracotta troops seem to be portraits of real warriors.'

The team will continue to work on a variety of warrior models along with more facial features to be sure to identify them as individual copies.

This study seems to reinforce the findings of retired German historian John Komlos, who discovered that different heights of terracotta warriors are very close to the height measured by Chinese men. In the 19th century, he said, "The size of terracotta statues can represent the actual physical stature of ancient Chinese infantry."

Reference: Daily Mail