Today we visited the terracotta army. As we were exiting the city we visited a factory that actually re-made terracotta soldiers. The process to make these replication soldiers included making clay and then molding it into the actual soldier. The soldiers then were fired in a oven. After stopping here we made our way to the sight to where the real soldiers were discovered. My expectations were overwhelmingly met. First of all, there were many many more soldier's then I expected, 1,000 were restored and there is believed to be around 8,000 in total. Also I really didn't realize how much work was put into making them, each soldier is slightly different and unique. I was unaware that the relics and weapons in the tomb were stolen and destroyed shortly after it's completion. Finally the archaeologists had found two bronze chariots that were preserved for over 2,000 years. The terracotta army was amazing and should definitely be considered a wonder of the world.
Peter Franchina