In 1974, in the Shaanxi Province in China, some farmers (dig) a hole for a well. They were looking for water, but they discovered something amazing. They found army made of clay. Later, they came to be known the Terra-cotta Warriors(秦始皇兵马俑). The army has 8,000 soldiers and 670 horses in it. Qin Shi Huang wanted this army to protect (he) in the next life after his (die).
In 246 BC, Qin Shi Huang became the first Emperor of China. He was only thirteen years old when he became emperor. Right away, work began on his burial(埋葬) ground. We know of the story of the emperor and the work from the Chinese writer Sima Qian. Sima lived about a hundred years after Qin Shi Huang. He said that 700, 000 (man) worked on the army of figures, which took forty years (complete).
The soldiers in the Terracotta Army were just models, their weapons(武器) were not. They each had some of (fine) weapons of their time. Chinese metal workers must have been very skilled and smart. The knives and other weapons they made are all still very sharp. Also, some of the weapons (cover) with special chemicals that protected them.
