THE TERRACOTTA ARMY
Top 4 in Top 17 Best Sculptures of All Time
The Terracotta Army, maybe one of the most renowned works of the ancient world, was built to guard Qin Shi Huang, Emperor of China, in the afterlife. Local farmers found the sculptures in 1974, and the most current estimates place the total number of figurines at around 8,000! Soldiers, chariots, and cavalry are examples of these.
The tomb and soldiers' construction was reported by a near-contemporary source who wrote around a century after completion and stated that about 700,000 workmen were part of the project. The amount of effort that went into this undertaking is mind-boggling, especially given that they were all buried in the earth!
