March 29th

On this day - March 29th 1974 - Farmers discovered the "Terracotta Army" 

The Terracotta Army is a collection of statues in found buried in China. The statures depicts the armies of Qin Shi Huang who was the first emperor of China. The statues was created for the emperors funeral in 210 or 209 bce. It is estimated that the collection consists of over 8000 soldiers and 500 horses. The Statues was discovered in 1974 when some local farmers were digging a water well. There had been reports of Terracotta pieces found in the area for centuries before the farmers discovery, but it was their discovery on this day in 1974 that prompted an investigation from archaeologists.

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