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thepastisalreadywritten · 6 months

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This is one of the only terracotta warriors that was found almost completely intact.

Note the detail on the bottom of his shoe, showing that grip and traction were considered in footwear even 2,200 years ago.

Each life-sized clay warrior was crafted to be completely unique and there are no two terracotta warriors-among the 8,000 total—that are exactly the same.

Shortly after the completion of the tomb in 210-209 BC, it was looted for weapons and burned, causing the roof to collapse, crushing the terracotta warriors.

All the other terracotta warriors that are currently on display were painstakingly restored.

What's even more remarkable is that the terracotta warriors were originally painted in bright colors by skilled artisans.

Unfortunately, when they were exposed to air and sunlight during the excavation in the 1970s, the colors began to curl up almost immediately and disappeared within minutes.

These terracotta warriors were put in place to guard the tomb of the first emperor of unified China — Qin Shi Huang (18 February 259 BC – 12 July 210 BC).

To this day, the tomb has yet to be opened.

According to ancient historians, the tomb contains an entire kingdom and palace in which the ceilings are decorated with pearls to mimic the night sky.

The tomb is also said to contain extremely rare artifacts and has been rigged with crossbows to shoot anyone trying to break in.

To keep its location a secret, the workers were entombed with the emperor.

As described by Han dynasty historian Sima Qian (145-90 BCE) in the Records of the Grand Historian, he mentioned that inside the tomb, "mercury was used to fashion the hundred rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and the seas in such a way that they flowed."

Modern tests have indicated extremely high levels of mercury in the surrounding soil.

#Qin Shi Huang #terracotta warriors #Qin Dynasty #China’s First Emperor #clay warrior #Terracotta Army #Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor #funerary art #Ancient Chinese Warfare #military power #terracotta sculptures #Shaanxi #China

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macchitea · 1 year

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i see ur slugcats with realistic cat markings and bring you:

warrior slugs

#rain world #warrior cats #i love love love the recent art ive been seeing on tumblr of slugcats with cat markings #and then the 14 yo in my brain who read 2 warrior cats books and never continued went feral #i think my favorite art thing to do is combining my interests tbh #smooshing them tgt like clay :)#macchiart

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shebpaw · 3 months

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Finally Clay and Tsunami

#wof #wings of fire #not warriors #wof clay #wof tsunami

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bread-stickk · 3 months

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Made another clay figure for @linked-maze fairy au!!

This time i made fairy hyrule as a gift for my amazing wife @mcfleurry!!

Here is both warriors and hyrules clay figures together !!

(Item size comparison in the undercut)

My totk figure for size !!

#i love the fairy desins so much!!#making them out of clay is really fun #you can also really see my Improvement in the last 7 months since i made warriors-#but overall im really proud of my work for both of them :>#linked maze #linked maze fanart #loz

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sourspecter · 15 days

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🌾Brambleberry and Hazeltail🍃

#I’ll take some nice photos of them soon so look out for those!#art #warrior cats #warriors #hazeltail #BrambleBerry #Riverclan #thunderclan #crookedstar #power of three #clay art #art doll #art figure #artwork #my art

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marblerose-rue · 3 days

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halsin (as a warrior cat)

(request)

#my art #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate fanart #halsin #he is a manx ^_^ thought about giving him classic tabby stripes but ultimately decided against it #idk if his stripes read as stripes or as just like a funky lil pattern but thats ok #for his warrior cat name i think when u meet him he'd be bearstar and then when he joins the party he becomes bearheart #i am very certain he'd have the -heart suffix. it just feels right #for the markings on his face i think hed get them by staining his fur with berries or clay #i got another bg3 wc crossover request so i will get to that one soon but i will draw wyll as a wc soon ^_^ not a request but i just really #like wyll AHBSDKJFGHBDFBH i have wc names for the cast picked out if/when i do get around to drawing everyone #pleaaaase talk to me about bg3 (and divinity 2 original sin but im not very far yet)

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cayteecatt · 6 months

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whiteboard dooods! mostly. um. mostly trolls

#trolls band together #trolls #dreamworks trolls #branch #poppy #bruce #spruce #clay #john dory #floyd #velvet #veneer #princess poppy #caytee art #tallstar #jake #warrior cats

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grasshopperdoingdogpaddle · 3 months

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#xiaolin showdown #text post meme #omi #chase young #dyris #le mime #wuya #jack spicer #katnappe #master fung #fallen warriors #jessie bailey #clay bailey #kimiko tohomiko #raimundo pedrosa

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ryssbelle · 5 months

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My last post is a sneak peek to the next chapter of my crack fic which has just been dreamworks movie references so far XD

The most recent chapter can be found here

The BG are just the ones from Trolls 3 but I killed the trolls

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lovka-6 · 13 days

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I haven't been excited about much lately, buuthhh... Dragon books have revitalized me!

I love "Wings of Fire". Funny thing is, I was introduced to them through some cool YouTube video (the same way I was introduced to the Warriors). I love "Warriors" too. Wonderful books❤��❤💞💓💘❤💕❤💘💓💕❤💕❤