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Doorways in Time: The Great Archaeological Finds -- 3: The Terracotta Army & the Tomb of Qin
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
Is the Army Facing East?
Every single fighting figure is eastward facing. Does that mean something? Is it possible that the army was understood as defensive, protecting gwanjong against attacks from enemies to the east? Or maybe is the eastward direction symbolic of immortality? East is facing towards the rising sun, and hence its its common in different parts of the world for graves or tombs to be ranged with the deceased person facing eastward. There have also been found several hundred cavalry horses, many of them free standing with no riders, and others of them in teams pulling bronze chariots. Around the columns of soldiers there are artificial gardens with os water fowl like ducks and swans,. Also terracotta figures of
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