archaeology
Terracotta Army — Pit One
Rows of fired-clay figures turn a buried imperial project into an archaeological record of skilled work.
The story behind the place
Fragments found during well-digging in 1974 led to investigation of the first terracotta-warrior pit near Xi’an. The museum records Pit One as about 230 metres long and 62 metres wide. Its estimated thousands of figures and horses are not a single sculpture enlarged many times: surviving armour, hair and facial details reveal work on individual objects. Excavation and conservation continue to shape what visitors can understand from the remains.
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Read more from the sources
- Terracotta Army — Pit OneEmperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum
- Terracotta Army — Pit One — form/contextEmperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum
- Terracotta Army — Pit One — named component referenceCommunity geographic reference
