Who made the Terracotta Army?
Clay Army's Secret
Who made the Terracotta Army?
Deep underground in China, in 1974, some farmers were digging a well when their shovels hit something hard. Not rock. Not pottery. A life-sized clay soldier's head, staring up at them from the dirt. They'd just discovered one of the biggest secrets in history — an entire army made of terracotta, buried for over two thousand years.
The army was made for Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China. He came to power in 221 BCE, a ruler so ambitious he connected old defensive walls into one Great Wall, standardized the writing system, and decided he needed protection in the afterlife. Not a small statue or two. An army of eight thousand soldiers.
