Explore the buried clay warriors, chariots, and bronze weapons of China's first emperor. (Aired November 12, 2014)

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In central China, a vast underground mausoleum conceals a lifesize terracotta army of cavalry, infantry, horses, chariots, weapons, administrators, acrobats, and musicians, all built to serve China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang Di, in the afterlife. Lost and forgotten for over 2,200 years, this clay army, 8,000strong, stands poised to help the First Emperor rule again beyond the grave. Now, a new archaeological campaign is probing the thousands of figures entombed in the mausoleum. With exclusive access to pioneering research, "Emperor's Ghost Army" explores how the Emperor directed the manufacture of the tens of thousands of bronze weapons carried by the clay soldiers. NOVA tests the power of these weapons with highaction experiments and reports on revolutionary 3D computer modeling techniques that are providing new insights into how the clay figures were made, revealing in the process the secrets of one of archaeology's greatest discoveries.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
05:34 The Excavation of the Terracotta Army
11:31 Who Built the Terracotta Army?
17:35 How Was the Terracotta Army Made?
25:56 Weapons of the Terracotta Army
41:23 The Productivity of the Qin Empire
50:50 The End of the Qin Empire

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