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Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army Sep 29th 2011, 10:00 Each of the pits discovered at Shihuangdi's tomb were excavated by the emperor's workers, who first placed a brick floor, and then built a sequence of rammed earth partitions and tunnels. The floors of the tunnels were covered with mats, the life-sized statuary was placed erect on the mats and the tunnels were covered with logs. Finally each pit was buried. In the largest pit (14,000 square meters), the infantry was placed in rows four deep. Read more on Emperor Qin's Tomb Try the Trivia Quiz on Emperor Qin's Tomb Read more on the Qin Dynasty

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