The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang: Mercury Rivers, the Terracotta Army, and a Subterranean System

In 1974, men digging a well in Lintong, northeast of Xi'an, found pieces of terracotta figures. Later digs uncovered soldiers, horses, and chariots in pits outside the central burial mound, and the mound itself has not been opened.

In 1974, men digging a well in Lintong, northeast of Xi'an, found pieces of terracotta figures. Later digs uncovered soldiers, horses, and chariots in pits outside the central burial mound, and the mound itself has not been opened.

In 1974, men digging a well in Lintong, northeast of Xi'an, found pieces of terracotta figures. Later digs uncovered soldiers, horses, and chariots in pits outside the central burial mound, and the mound itself has not been opened.

In 1974, men digging a well in Lintong, northeast of Xi'an, found pieces of terracotta figures. Later digs uncovered soldiers, horses, and chariots in pits outside the central burial mound, and the mound itself has not been opened.