Video: The army escorts Qin Shihuang to death

Researchers believe that the purpose of the army is to ensure the eternal safety of the emperor in the journey to the afterlife.

Terracotta army defending the tomb of Qin Shihuang is the size of real people with many different expressive faces.

Qin Shihuang and his terracotta army.

A Chinese emperor thought that no matter what the next life, it was better to bring an army.

We know this in 1974, when farmers dig a well in a small village, they come across one of the most important discoveries of archaeological history: a vast cave surrounding the royal tomb Underground base, containing more than 8000 earthenware statues of real size in battle posture.