The terracotta figures currently on display have been restored from the fragments.
Terracotta army roof collapse.
Terracotta army or terracotta warriors chinese.
The second pit smaller approximately 1 000 statues.
Still under excavation it is perhaps even more striking because we see the wooden roofs on more or less collapsed trenches and broken statues lying in disorder.
The terracotta figures currently on display have been restored from the fragments.
Terracotta army pit 1 in xi an china photo credit.
For the missing weapons it is suspected that xiang yu the military leader who overthrew the dynasty looted and burnt the site causing the roof to collapse and crush the figures.
The terracotta figures currently on display have been restored from the fragments.
These together with the missing weapons have been taken as evidence of the reported looting by xiang yu and the subsequent burning of the site which is thought to have caused the roof to collapse and crush the army figures below.
These together with the missing weapons have been taken as evidence of the reported looting by xiang yu and the subsequent burning of the site which is thought to have caused the roof to collapse and crush the army figures below.
The fires caused the roofs to collapse onto the statues crushing them.
Some of the figures in pit one and two show fire damage while remains of burnt ceiling rafters have also been found.
The terracotta army was discovered approximately 1 6 kilometers 0 99 mi east of the qin emperor s tomb mound at mount li lishan a region riddled with underground springs and watercourses.
These together with the missing weapons have been taken as evidence of the reported looting by xiang yu and the subsequent burning of the site which is thought to have caused the roof to collapse and crush the army figures below.
The terracotta figures currently on display have been restored from the fragments.
They smashed many of the soldiers looted most of the weapons and set the pits ablaze.
A great deal of damage occurred circa 206 bce just a few years after the death of qin shi huang when rebels fighting for control of china broke into the pits of the terracotta army.
For centuries occasional reports mentioned pieces of terracotta figures and fragments of the qin necropolis roofing tiles bricks and chunks of.
Displayed in the showcase the kneeling archer is believed to be the most valuable of the terracotta army as it is one of the rare ones in well preserved condition with clearly visible details and colour pigments on the sculpture.
These together with the missing weapons have been taken as evidence of the reported looting by xiang yu and the subsequent burning of the site which is thought to have caused the roof to collapse and crush the army figures below.
