The First Emperor of China by android65mar
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Chin Shi Huang or Qin Shi Huang, First Emperor of a unified China. A great warrior, ruler and despot he was China's answer to Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great with more than a smidgen or two of Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan.
When he died he took a few thousand of his servants and concubines with him. He also caused to be made an army of fired clay soldiers, painted in the colours of his own conquering army.
Snapped in Dorchester in the Terracotta warrior exhibition
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Comments (3)
Jay-el-Jay
An interesting bit of history.
JeanneDeau
I read about the discovery of his tomb in National Geographic a few years back. Thanks for sharing.
Crudelitas
Wow, great outfits! The wax-figure looks great. Wonderful shot!