As stated on the menu, this is the highlight of a visit to Xian. This tomb for Qin Shihuang (Qin Shihuang Ling), discovered by a farmer who was simply trying to dig a well in 1974, found what may be considered the most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century. This dig, at 60 X 210 meteres, contains about 6,000 figures of warriors and horses, facing east, posed ready to do battle to protect this first emperor of China throughout his afterlife. Each figure has an individual face and shape, many even carried real weapons of which there are 10,000 articles in storage at this time. The bronze weapons were treated to prevent corrosion, and they are still sharp today. Most of the wooden weapons and other artifacts such as bow and arrows or carts were severely deteriorated. There are two more dig sites located nearby, one with about 1,000 warriors, another with 68 which appeared to be the command post for the two larger sites.