[JoeProBono]

[Olog-hai]

UNESCO, eh? Well, since China’s communist, the UN won’t be trying to hand that over to the Muslim population to administer (most of whom are in Sinkiang anyhow).

[Boogieman]

I saw “Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”. We need to smash these bastards before they come back to life!

[rockrr]

Even more impressive with you notice that they are each unique - no struck from a mold mass production here.

[rhinohunter]

I wonder if emperor obamao will have his own version of the terra-cotta army?

[raybbr]

Ping

[autumnraine]

Just saw a commercial this morning for the local museum displaying them on their tour.

Very cool!

[bgill]

That's one of the sights, like the pyramids, the Great Wall, Jerusalem, that I'd love to see if only they could be packed up and brought over here.

[wildbill]

About 30 miles outside of Houston (and maybe Seattle?) a Chinese-American philanthropist has built a theme park of sorts about China to ‘improve US-China relations’.

It includes a section where 3/4 size terra cotta replicas of the famous Chinese warrior statues are on display. It is fascinating to see the detail of each statue as an individual.

I have no idea why the theme park was built outside of Houston and it gets very few visitors. The day I spent there I saw less than 20 people roaming the grounds. They were outnumbered by the employees.

One wag said the terra cotta statues, as part of a cultural display, would be ideal places to transship hidden narcotics.

[waus]

This proves that there was a time when something made in China would last longer than six months without breaking.

[TigersEye]

Over 8,000 unearthed terracotta warriors stand in formation in a massive underground tomb (Pit 1) built for Emperor Qinshihuang's protection in his afterlife...

Don't mess with Emperor Qinshihuang in the afterlife.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I’ve been there, and it is totally unreal and fantastic!!!

I have dreams of returning.

I loved it.