Honoring yourself seems selfish, but that’s exactly what Qin Shi Huangdi did. Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi was the first emperor of China in the Qin dynasty. He was known for his savageness. Emperor Qin lived for 49 years between 259 B.C and 210 B.C. He was thirteen when his dad who was a king died, and became the emperor of China after many wars. Lots of people wanted to kill Emperor Huangdi, which began his obsession with being alive forever. Emperor Qin was most known for his burial site, a 8,000-soldier terracotta army that the emperor thought would protect him when he was dead in the afterlife.
Since he wanted to live forever he made his best scientists try to find an “elixir” which is a liquid such as water with medicine inside. The elixir was supposed to make him immortal, but …show more content…
Most of the items underground where taken to three different locations Lintong, Xi’an, and Shaanxi, China. Not even one percent of the tomb has been excavated yet. Some scientist fear that clearing out more statues may damage them. They clay items were divided into 3 pits for the three different locations. Pit one was opened to the public in 1976. Pit two was opened to the public in 1994. Pit three was opened to the public in 1989. Pit one is the largest pit, and has around 7,000 horses and soldiers together. During the excavation a fourth pit was found, but unfinished. The Terra-Cotta mausoleum attracts nearly 2 million people per year. Ihe tomb complex was named the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The discovery of the tomb was recognized as one of the greatest discoveries in the 20th century. Without its discovery China wouldn’t be as famous as it is today. Emperor Qin simply did not deserve a memorial. Especially since he forced lower class men, and others of that rank to make the tomb for him. He made the soldiers work restlessly to get his corpse perfect in his vision. Qin Shi Huangdi was a selfish man with ambitious
Since he wanted to live forever he made his best scientists try to find an “elixir” which is a liquid such as water with medicine inside. The elixir was supposed to make him immortal, but …show more content…
Most of the items underground where taken to three different locations Lintong, Xi’an, and Shaanxi, China. Not even one percent of the tomb has been excavated yet. Some scientist fear that clearing out more statues may damage them. They clay items were divided into 3 pits for the three different locations. Pit one was opened to the public in 1976. Pit two was opened to the public in 1994. Pit three was opened to the public in 1989. Pit one is the largest pit, and has around 7,000 horses and soldiers together. During the excavation a fourth pit was found, but unfinished. The Terra-Cotta mausoleum attracts nearly 2 million people per year. Ihe tomb complex was named the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The discovery of the tomb was recognized as one of the greatest discoveries in the 20th century. Without its discovery China wouldn’t be as famous as it is today. Emperor Qin simply did not deserve a memorial. Especially since he forced lower class men, and others of that rank to make the tomb for him. He made the soldiers work restlessly to get his corpse perfect in his vision. Qin Shi Huangdi was a selfish man with ambitious