Terra Cotta facts
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Each of the 8,000 lifesize terra cotta warrior statues buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a united China, has unique ears, with variability similar to a human population
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The Carbide and Carbon building in Chicago, built in 1929, with a gold leaf plated top and green terra cotta exterior walls, was believed to be designed after a champagne bottle.
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Kom el Shoqafa means Mound of Shards. The reason for this name is that there used to mounds of terra cotta shards. These shards were once jars and other clay objects brought into the tombs by visitors. The visitors bring food and wine to consume during their visit but did not want to bring the dishes home. Instead of taking them from the ‘place of death" they would break them and leave them behind.
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Qin Shi Huang Di (the First Emperor of China) was obsessed with becoming immortal - evident from his search for the "Elixir of Immortality" and to ensure that in the case of death he would remain powerful, he built what is now known as the "Terra Cotta Army".
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The Terra-cotta Warriors in China were discovered in 1974. There are over 8000 clay statues of soldiers, each with different facial features.
