The Terracotta Army
You're Dead to Me
The Terracotta Soldiers Are Unique
Dione analysis of bones suggests that they came from many different parts of the so i think they could have been prisoners of war. Local clay from the soil was pressed into moulds to make torses, limbs, hands, heads and so on. There are moulds for the heads, aren't therewas eght moulds, yes. But the individuality of the faces suggests that they were completed by skilled artisans who shape by hand facial details such as eyebrows, ears, beards and hair styles like plaits, a top knots and shinons and so on. Sir julia phil is identified that their faces look unique.
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