The terracotta warriors
Subtitle: exploring the most intriguing puzzle in Chinese history
By: Edward Burman
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781681777962
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Tomb; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese
Description: Traces the discovery of the famed terracotta warriors against a backdrop of what is currently known about the Qin Dynasty, offering scholarly insights into the surprising theories about the creation of the Qin Emperor's remarkable third-century B.C.E. mausoleum.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : legends and the 1974 discovery; title: I: History. Warrior Chu; title: The ancestors of Qin Shihuang; title: From provincial kings to universal emperor; title: Creation of the temporal empire; title: II: Mystery. What kind of immortality did Qin Shihuang expect?; title: What is the mausoleum?; title: Who built the army, and how?; title: What were the warriors for?; title: What is in the mausoleum?; title: III: Latest discoveries. Latest discoveries and research; title: New techniques for study, restoration and conservation; title: Recent excavations and current studies; title: Why did the Qin fail?; title: Epilogue : future prospects.