Fifty years on since the remarkable discovery of the Terracotta Warriors — a 8,000-strong army of pottery soldiers created to guard the mausoleum of China’s first Emperor — what new secrets can be unearthed from this unique archaeological site? From the makers of SECRETS OF THE SAQQARA TOMB, this feature documentary explores Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s extraordinary tomb.
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00:00Since the surprise discovery of the warriors 50 years ago,
00:09archaeologists have unearthed countless discoveries.
00:22The first emperor, Qin of China, built the Great Wall
00:26and the most spectacular tomb the world has ever seen.
00:31Looking face to face at the 8,000 warriors,
00:34it is astonishing to think that this is all built for one man.
00:38It's a very, very powerful graphic representation
00:41of that feat he had achieved.
00:44But after the emperor of Qin's death,
00:47the Qin dynasty would collapse
00:49and the site of his epic tomb disappeared from history.
00:54So what happened?
00:57When we excavated, all these territories were broken into pieces.
01:02We already found thousands of targeted warriors,
01:06but we didn't have an opportunity to excavate a real Qin warrior.
01:12I think it's really important in the context of world history,
01:15of global history.
01:21This might be the key to proving that this is not just legend,
01:24but fact.
01:26So who could be buried there and why?