Three farmers are digging a well when suddenly their shovels hit something hard. It is a clay head of a man who stares back at them, open-eyed and amazingly real looking. The farmers have never seen something like it; neither have the archaeologists who arrive and begin to uncover more and more pottery men - first dozens, then hundreds and eventually thousands! Buried for more than 2,200 years, they are soldiers, life-size as well as life-like, and they stand at attention as if waiting for the command to charge into battle. The only thing missing is their weapons, and soon those are found too - thousands of real bronze swords, daggers, and arrowheads, still so sharp they can split a hair. This book features more than forty full-color photos that showcase these terracotta troops. A vivid and engaging text that tells all about the army as well as the extraordinary story of the man who commanded its creation - the ruthless and tyrannical first emperor of China. Grades 4 - 6.
By Jane O'Connor, Hardcover, English, 48 Pages, 9'' x 9.25''
