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Doorways in Time: The Great Archaeological Finds -- 3: The Terracotta Army & the Tomb of Qin

Dec 4, 2021

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Legalism and the Warring States Period

01:53

The Making of Terracotta Statues

02:45

Mao's Mission in the Cultural Revolution

01:46

Introduction

3min

The Traditional Cors of China - Shanshi

3min

Gwan Jong and Shanshi

4min

Legalism and the Warring States Period

2min

What Is Legalism?

4min

The Great Wall of China - The First Emperor of China

3min

Ancient Chinese Artifacts and Fragments

3min

What Is the Story of the Mausoleum?

2min

Mao's Mission in the Cultural Revolution

2min

10.

What Did Chinese Archaeologists Find?

3min

11.

Is the Army Facing East?

3min

12.

The Making of Terracotta Statues

3min

13.

The Necropolis of the Han Dynasty

3min

14.

What Happened to the Mausoleum of Chin's Throne?

4min

15.

The Mausoleum Under the Necropolis

3min

In 1974, a group of Chinese farmers drilling a well in a parched field in a far northwestern corner of China found pieces of terracotta sculpture, which would point the way to East Asia's greatest ever archaeological discovery -- a tremendous trove of sculpted warriors, each one unique, amassed in a great army marching eastward from the necropolis of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor. Just spared destruction in the Cultural Revolution, the army is most likely only the tip of the iceberg of the wonders still waiting to be excavated deep within the emperor's burial mound. Become a patron in order to hear all patron-only lectures, including the previous "Doorways in Time" about the Nag Hammadi Library & the Gnostic Gospels -- -- www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632