In 1974 farmers in the Shaanxi province of China made an astonishing discovery while digging for water. Buried beneath the surface, an entire legion of Terra Cotta soldiers, their horses, and chariots built to protect Emperor Qin, (the first emperor of China) for all eternity. Since that discovery, four pits have been excavated revealing over 1,000(!) soldiers, along with hundreds of horses and chariots. more ›