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Narrator: THE TERRACOTTA ARMY,
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A LEGION OF MYSTERIOUS
CLAY SOLDIERS
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STAND READY FOR BATTLE.
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THE DISCOVERY OF THIS
8,000-STRONG TERRACOTTA ARMY
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IS REALLY OUR FIRST VIVID,
CLEAR VIEW OF ANCIENT CHINA.
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Narrator: THEY MAY GUARD ONE OF
THE MOST NOTORIOUS FIGURES
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IN CHINA'S HISTORY.
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NOW ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE USING
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REVOLUTIONARY IMAGING
TECHNOLOGIES TO FIND OUT --
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WHO WAS THIS EXTRAORDINARY ARMY
BUILT TO PROTECT?
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WHO WERE ITS SOLDIERS
EXPECTED TO FIGHT?
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AND WHAT MAGNIFICENT TREASURES
ARE THEY STILL DEFENDING?
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TO SOLVE THESE MYSTERIES,
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WE'LL PIECE TOGETHER
THE WARRIORS,
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WE'LL UNEARTH ANCIENT SKELETONS,
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AND BLOW OPEN A HIDDEN TOMB
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TO REVEAL
THE ASTONISHING SECRETS
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AT THE HEART
OF THIS ANCIENT WONDER.
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THE TERRACOTTA ARMY --
ONE OF THE GREATEST
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
EVER MADE.
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IT WAS UNEARTHED JUST 40 YEARS
AGO IN THE HEART OF CHINA.
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Lindesay:
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS MAN HERE
AND HIS FELLOWS ALL AROUND,
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YOU REALLY FEEL THE POWER
OF THE CHINESE STATE.
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Narrator:
THESE WARRIORS ARE PART OF
A MASSIVE CEREMONIAL COMPLEX
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SPREAD ACROSS 20 SQUARE MILES.
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THE WARRIORS APPEAR
TO BE GUARDING
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A 150-FOOT-HIGH SOIL MOUND,
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WHICH LIES 1 MILE TO THE WEST.
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS SUSPECT THIS
ENORMOUS STRUCTURE
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HIDES A LAVISH TOMB,
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SEALED OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO.
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BUT WHO WAS THE TOMB BUILT FOR?
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AND WHAT THREAT WERE THE
WARRIORS DEFENDING IT AGAINST?
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TO FIND OUT,
TEAMS OF INVESTIGATORS
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UNEARTH MYSTERIOUS
MILITARY HARDWARE...
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...AND SCIENTISTS UNRAVEL
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THE MYSTERIES
OF ANCIENT CHINESE ALCHEMY.
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TO DO THIS WOULD HAVE
JUST SEEMED LIKE MAGIC.
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Narrator: ALL PART
OF THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT
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TO UNLOCK THE SECRETS
OF THE TERRACOTTA ARMY.
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NEARLY 8,000 SOLDIERS STOOD
IN PERFECT BATTLE FORMATION,
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SPANNING ALMOST
THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS,
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EACH ONE HANDCRAFTED
IN THE IMAGE
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OF A WARRIOR 2,200 YEARS OLD.
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ON THE FRONT LINE,
A VANGUARD OF CROSSBOWMEN.
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ROW UPON ROW OF ARMED WARRIORS
STAND TO ATTENTION BEHIND.
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AMONG THEM ONCE STOOD
130 WAR CHARIOTS.
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THE SOLDIERS STAND TALL,
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BUT THOUSANDS MORE REMAIN
IN RUINS,
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AWAITING RESURRECTION.
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THIS FORMIDABLE ARMY
GIVES AN INCREDIBLE INSIGHT
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INTO THE BIRTH
OF A NATION.
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21st CENTURY CHINA
IS A GLOBAL SUPERPOWER
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AND THE WORLD'S
MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY.
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BUT CHINA AS WE KNOW IT TODAY
HASN'T ALWAYS EXISTED.
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IN 230 B.C.,
CHINA WASN'T ONE NATION.
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IT WAS DIVIDED INTO
SEVEN WARRING STATES.
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HISTORIAN WILLIAM LINDESAY
WANTS TO UNDERSTAND
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HOW THIS FRACTURED LAND
WAS UNITED
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TO CREATE THE NATION
WE SEE TODAY.
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Lindesay:
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS WARRIOR,
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I SEE AN INDIVIDUAL
FROM 2,000 YEARS AGO,
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AND HE AND HIS LIKES,
THEY FOUNDED CHINA.
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Narrator:
TODAY, WILLIAM'S WORKING
WITH ARCHAEOLOGISTS
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TO REVEAL THE SECRETS
OF CHINA'S BIRTH.
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THE TEAM'S JOB IS
TO REBUILD THE STATUES.
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THROUGH THEIR WORK,
NEW CLUES ARE EMERGING
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THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION
"WHAT WERE THE STATUES FOR?"
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REPAIRING EACH WARRIOR
IS A VERY LONG
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AND PAINSTAKING PROCESS.
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Narrator:
DR. LAN DIXIANG HAS SPENT
THE PAST 23 YEARS
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PIECING TOGETHER THE CLUES.
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EVERY COMPLETED SOLDIER
ADDS ANOTHER LAYER
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TO THE TERRACOTTA ARMY'S STORY.
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BUT IT'S TAKEN
FOUR DECADES FOR THE TEAM
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TO REBUILD JUST 1/4
OF ALL THE WARRIORS.
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BUT TODAY, INNOVATIVE
3-D LASER-SCANNING TECHNOLOGY
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IS SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS
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AND ALLOWING ARCHAEOLOGISTS
TO DISCOVER EXACTLY
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WHY THESE TERRACOTTA STATUES
WERE BUILT.
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PROFESSOR ZHANG WEIXING IS
THE CHIEF ARCHAEOLOGIST
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AT THE TERRACOTTA ARMY MUSEUM.
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THE 3-D SCANS ALLOW A COMPUTER
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TO BUILD A VIRTUAL MODEL
OF THE STATUE.
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USING THIS TECHNIQUE,
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THE TEAM HAS UNCOVERED
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY --
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NOT ALL THE STATUES WERE
DESIGNED TO STAND GUARD.
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ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE STATUES
ARE READY FOR BATTLE,
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A HANDFUL APPEAR
READY TO ENTERTAIN.
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TOGETHER WITH THE SOLDIERS,
THE ACROBATS PAINT A PICTURE
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OF COURTLY RITUAL
AND IMPERIAL POWER.
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THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CREATED
TO DEFEND AND ENTERTAIN
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THE RULER OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.
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BUT WHO WAS THIS LEADER?
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ONE MAN SEEMS TO BE MISSING
FROM THIS TERRACOTTA UNIVERSE --
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THE MAN WHO BUILT IT.
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WILLIAM IS ON THE HUNT FOR HIM
IN THE WARRIOR COMMAND PIT.
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THIS PIT IS THE COMMAND CENTER
FOR THE WHOLE TERRACOTTA ARMY.
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THERE ARE 68 WARRIORS
DOWN THERE, BUT THE KEY GROUP
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IS RIGHT IN THE CENTER --
THE CHARIOT GROUP.
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THE CHARIOT'S DRAWN
BY FOUR HORSES.
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BEHIND THEM, THERE ARE FOUR MEN,
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BUT THE GROUPING
LOOKS UNBALANCED.
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IT SEEMS THERE'S
ONE MAN MISSING.
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Narrator:
THE ARMY'S COMMANDER IN CHIEF
SHOULD BE HERE,
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BUT HE'S NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.
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SOME PEOPLE THINK
THAT COULD BE THE COMMANDER
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OF THE ARMY HIMSELF --
THE EMPEROR.
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Narrator:
MANY ARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE
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THE MISSING FIGURE
IS CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR.
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A MILITARY GENIUS, HE CONQUERED
SIX NEIGHBORING STATES
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TO UNIFY CHINA.
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AND HE BELIEVED THAT EVEN DEATH
WOULDN'T PUT AN END TO HIS RULE.
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A POWER-HUNGRY MEGALOMANIAC,
HE CRAVED IMMORTALITY
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AND BELIEVED HE WOULD RISE
FROM THE DEAD TO TAKE HIS PLACE
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AS THE TERRACOTTA ARMY'S
SUPREME LEADER.
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS
BELIEVE HIS BODY LIES HERE,
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IN THIS MYSTERIOUS MOUND.
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TALES FROM ANCIENT CHINA
DESCRIBE THE MOUND
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AS CONTAINING
AN INCREDIBLE SECRET...
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...A BURIAL COMPLEX SEALED
DEEP BELOW THE EARTH.
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BUT FOR OVER 2,000 YEARS,
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NO ONE HAS EVER LAID EYES
ON THIS MASTERPIECE.
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THE TOMB WALLS ARE SAID TO BE
MADE FROM COMPACTED EARTH,
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TOWERING 150 FEET TALL,
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AND THE STORIES CLAIM
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THAT AT THE TOMB'S CORE
LIES A SACRED CRYPT
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WHERE THE FIRST EMPEROR
WAS LAID TO REST.
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THIS TOMB MAY HOLD THE SECRETS
OF CHINA'S FIRST RULER.
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BUT FOR NOW, IT REMAINS ONE
OF HISTORY'S GREATEST ENIGMAS.
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IF THE TREASURES IN
THE FIRST EMPEROR'S TOMB
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PROMISE TO BE SO SPECTACULAR,
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WHY HAVEN'T ARCHAEOLOGISTS
ALREADY UNCOVERED THEM?
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FOR DECADES,
THE CHINESE HAVE SAID,
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"NO. WE'RE NOT GOING
TO EXPLORE IT,
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXCAVATE IT,
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BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE THE EXPERTISE
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OR THE PRESERVATION SKILLS
TO SAVE THOSE ANTIQUITIES."
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BUT I THINK, SOONER OR LATER,
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CURIOSITY IS GOING TO GET
THE BETTER OF THEM.
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THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN UP
THE TOMB OF THE FIRST EMPEROR.
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Narrator:
THE ANCIENT CHINESE WERE BURIED
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WITH ALL THE ITEMS
THEY'D NEED IN THE AFTERLIFE.
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THE EARLIEST TOMBS
WERE SIMPLE PITS,
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CONTAINING FOOD AND WEAPONS.
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BUT OVER TIME, THE TOMBS
BECAME EVER MORE ELABORATE.
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THOUSANDS OF ITEMS
WERE ADDED --
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CHARIOTS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
AND ORNAMENTS.
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THE TOMBS BECAME
UNDERGROUND PALACES
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BUILT FOR THE DECEASED
TO ROAM IN THE AFTERLIFE,
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BUT DID THE FIRST EMPEROR
HAVE EVEN GREATER AMBITIONS?
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STORIES CLAIM HIS TOMB
HOUSES A RE-CREATION
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OF ALL THE LANDS
HE HAD CONQUERED --
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A SUBTERRANEAN EMPIRE
HE COULD RULE FOR ETERNITY.
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THESE ANCIENT LEGENDS DESCRIBE
THE FIRST EMPEROR'S TOMB
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AS A MONUMENT
OF UNMATCHED EXTRAVAGANCE,
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FILLED WITH
UNDERGROUND TREASURES,
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INCLUDING A GIANT MAP
OF HIS EMPIRE
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CROSSED WITH RIVERS
OF FLOWING MERCURY.
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BUT IS THIS BIZARRE LEGEND TRUE?
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Narrator:
THE TERRACOTTA WARRIORS
STAND GUARD OVER
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ONE OF THE LARGEST TOMBS
EVER BUILT.
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AN ANCIENT LEGEND DESCRIBES
THE TOMB'S SECRETS.
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BUT COULD THIS LEGEND BE TRUE?
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IT TELLS THAT AT THE HEART
OF THE COLOSSAL MOUND,
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THE EMPEROR IS BURIED
IN AN UNDERGROUND PALACE.
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A MAP OF CHINA ADORNS THE FLOOR,
WITH RIVERS OF FLOWING MERCURY
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THAT WEAVE BETWEEN
MOUNTAINS MADE OF BRONZE.
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THE RIVERS ENCIRCLE
THE EMPEROR'S SARCOPHAGUS --
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HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE --
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AND HE LIES BENEATH
GLISTENING JEWELS
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THAT MIMIC THE STARRY SKY.
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THE LEGENDS PAINT
A PICTURE OF A TOMB
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UNLIKE ANYTHING SEEN BEFORE
IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.
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BUT ARE THESE COLORFUL ACCOUNTS
PURE FANTASY,
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OR COULD THEY REALLY BE TRUE?
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TODAY, PROFESSOR ZHANG AND HIS
TEAM ARE ON THE MAUSOLEUM MOUND.
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THEY'RE TESTING THE SOIL,
LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF MERCURY.
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WHAT MADE THE FIRST EMPEROR
FILL HIS MAUSOLEUM
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WITH THIS MYSTERIOUS METAL?
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ANDREA SELLA IS
A RESEARCH CHEMIST
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WITH A LIFELONG LOVE OF MERCURY.
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TO OBTAIN BULK MERCURY,
AND CERTAINLY ENOUGH
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TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
A RIVER OF IT,
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YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE
OPERATING ON MANY KILOS,
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POSSIBLE TONS, SCALE.
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Narrator:
AS A PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY,
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ANDREA RELIES ON CENTURIES
OF ACCUMULATED KNOWLEDGE
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TO UNDERSTAND
THE WORLD AROUND HIM.
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HE BELIEVES THE ANCIENT CHINESE
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HAD A VERY DIFFERENT
UNDERSTANDING OF CHEMISTRY.
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THEY SAW IT AS
SOMETHING MAGICAL.
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THE QUEST FOR MAGIC IS,
IN MANY WAYS,
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A QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING.
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I THINK IT EMERGES
OUT OF THE SAME IMPULSE
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AS THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS.
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Narrator:
THE ANCIENT CHINESE WERE
OBSESSED WITH A MAGICAL PRACTICE
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KNOWN AS ALCHEMY.
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THEY COULD PERFORM
REMARKABLE FEATS,
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LIKE THE TRANSFORMATION
OF THE ORE CINNABAR INTO METAL.
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THEY BELIEVED THIS WAS
A MAGICAL PROCESS
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THAT THEY COULD USE
TO CHEAT DEATH.
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Sella:
WHEN YOU SEE CINNABAR,
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YOU REALIZE
WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL.
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IF I TAKE OUT A LITTLE BIT
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AND PUT IT
INTO THIS MORTAR AND PESTLE,
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YOU REALLY GET THE IDEA.
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THIS IS ALMOST
THE COLOR OF BLOOD.
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IT IS THIS
EXTRAORDINARY PIGMENT,
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ONE WHICH HAS CAPTURED
THE IMAGINATION OF PEOPLE
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FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL.
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THERE ARE CAVE PAINTINGS
FROM ACROSS THE WORLD
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WHERE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN DRAWN
USING CINNABAR.
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YET, FOR ALL THE WONDER OF THIS
INCREDIBLY COLORED PIGMENT,
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THE REALLY AMAZING THING HAPPENS
WHEN YOU START TO HEAT IT.
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Narrator: THE CINNABAR UNDERGOES
A REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION.
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Sella: IT'S GOING TO GET
A LITTLE BIT OF CONDENSATION,
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BUT IMMEDIATELY,
IT STARTS TO DARKEN.
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YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR CHANGE.
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Narrator:
THE RED POWDER TURNS BLACK.
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WOW. THAT WAS MUCH FASTER
THAN I EXPECTED, ACTUALLY.
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Narrator: THIS BLACK POWDER
THEN TRANSFORMS INTO A LIQUID,
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WHICH THEN VAPORIZES
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AND COATS THE WALLS OF THE FLASK
WITH MERCURY.
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AND SO THE AMAZING THING HERE
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IS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT
A MIRROR ON THE WALLS.
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IT'S A MERCURY MIRROR.
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WE'VE ACTUALLY TRANSFORMED
OUR BEAUTIFUL RED CINNABAR
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INTO THIS WEIRD
SILVERY SUBSTANCE.
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Narrator:
THE PRODUCT OF THIS REACTION
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IS A MATERIAL THAT CAPTURED
THE ANCIENT CHINESE IMAGINATION.
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ANDREA HAS A FLASK
FULL OF THE STUFF.
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IF YOU TAKE A LITTLE BIT
OF MERCURY,
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YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
USED TO CALL IT QUICKSILVER.
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IT'S BECAUSE IT DANCES AROUND.
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IT'S ALMOST AS IF THIS
MATERIAL WERE ALIVE.
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Narrator:
TRANSFORMING BLOOD-RED CINNABAR
INTO MIRRORED MERCURY
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SEEMS REMARKABLE ON ITS OWN.
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BUT ADDING JUST
ONE MORE SIMPLE CHEMICAL
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CAN CHANGE IT BACK AGAIN.
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Sella: BUT YOU CAN NOW TAKE
THAT MERCURY
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AND HEAT IT UP SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENTLY WITH SULFUR,
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WHICH YOU OBTAIN
FROM VOLCANOES.
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AND IN DOING SO, YOU REGENERATE
THIS ASTONISHING RED MATERIAL.
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YOU GET BACK, IN A SENSE,
TO YOUR STARTING POINT,
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AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
THIS CLOSED LOOP
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BECOMES ALMOST A METAPHOR
FOR THIS IDEA
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THAT YOU START, YOU DIE,
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AND THEN, PERHAPS,
YOU CAN BE REBORN.
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Narrator:
THE MERCURY/CINNABAR PAIR
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REFLECTED AN ENTIRE
BELIEF SYSTEM.
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THE ANCIENT CHINESE BELIEVED
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THE WORLD WAS BUILT
FROM OPPOSITES --
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HEAVEN AND EARTH,
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DAY AND NIGHT,
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MALE AND FEMALE.
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THEY CALLED THESE OPPOSING
FORCES THE YIN AND YANG.
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THE TWO POWERS ARE
ALWAYS HELD IN HARMONY.
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ANCIENT ALCHEMY PLAYED
WITH THESE FORCES.
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THEY COULD TRANSFORM CINNABAR'S
YANG INTO MERCURY'S YIN
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AND MERCURY'S YIN
BACK INTO CINNABAR'S YANG.
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THEY BELIEVED THAT BY
REPEATING THE CYCLE,
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THEY COULD CONTROL TIME
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AND CREATE THE ELIXIR OF LIFE.
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SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE
THAT ALCHEMISTS TOLD THE EMPEROR
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TO CONSUME POTIONS
LACED WITH MERCURY
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SO THAT HE MIGHT LIVE FOREVER.
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BUT ANDREA THINKS
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THE MIXTURE MAY HAVE DONE
EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.
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WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT,
THERE'S A REAL IRONY
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IN THE FACT
THAT HERE WAS A MAN
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WHO WAS SEEKING IMMORTALITY
THROUGH MERCURY,
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WHEN WE NOW REALIZE
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THAT MERCURY IS A VERY,
VERY POISONOUS ELEMENT.
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IT DOES ALL KINDS
OF NASTY STUFF,
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AND SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING,
REALLY, THAT HE DIED SUDDENLY.
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Narrator: THE FIRST EMPEROR DIED
WHEN HE WAS JUST 50 YEARS OLD --
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HIS VAST TOMB STILL UNFINISHED.
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WORKERS HAD ALREADY MADE
THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS
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FOR THE TERRACOTTA ARMY
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THAT WOULD DEFEND
HIS EMPIRE OF THE DEAD.
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BUT HOW DID WORKSHOPS MORE USED
TO MAKING CLAY ROOF TILES
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SUDDENLY START PRODUCING
THESE INCREDIBLE SCULPTURES?
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AND CAN THE DISCOVERY OF THIS
MYSTERIOUS JADE DEATH SUIT
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HELP INVESTIGATORS
FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED
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TO THE FIRST EMPEROR'S BODY?
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I THINK THIS GIVES US
A POSSIBLE CLUE --
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A VISION OF WHAT MIGHT BE
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AT THE CORE
OF THE FIRST EMPEROR'S TOMB.
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Narrator:
CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR BUILT
A TERRACOTTA ARMY
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OF ALMOST 8,000 WARRIORS.
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BUT NO CHINESE CRAFTSMAN
HAD ATTEMPTED
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TO CREATE SUCH LIFELIKE
STATUES BEFORE.
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WILLIAM LINDESAY IS
INVESTIGATING
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HOW THEY MANAGED
TO ACHIEVE THIS INCREDIBLE FEAT
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WITH NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
TO DRAW ON.
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TO THINK THAT THOSE ARE
THE FINGER MARKS
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MADE BY AN ARTISAN
2,200 YEARS AGO
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IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
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Narrator: EACH WARRIOR
IS TOTALLY UNIQUE...
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¶¶
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...WITH INDIVIDUAL
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS,
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HAIRSTYLES...
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AND CLOTHES.
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ALTHOUGH THEY'RE WEATHERED
TODAY,
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IN THEIR PRIME, EACH SOLDIER
WAS PAINTED IN STRIKING COLOR.
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THEY WERE A DAZZLING SPECTACLE
OF VIVID PIGMENTS --
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RED, GREEN, PURPLE, AND YELLOW.
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THE EMPEROR'S SUPERNATURAL ARMY
STOOD SHINING IN ALL ITS GLORY.
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WILLIAM HAS COME TO A WORKSHOP
TO MEET A CRAFTSMAN
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WHO CREATES REPLICA WARRIORS
FOR EXPORT EVERY DAY.
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Lindesay: THIS WORKSHOP
IS ABLE TO CHURN OUT
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MORE THAN 10,000
LIFE-SIZE WARRIORS EVERY YEAR,
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AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SO
BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FAST METHOD,
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USING MOLDS TO DO THE TORSOS.
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Narrator:
TODAY, MASTER CRAFTSMAN
HAN PINGZHE USES MODERN METHODS,
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BUT HE ALSO STUDIES HOW
THE ANCIENT CRAFTSMEN WORKED.
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MASTER HAN BELIEVES
THE ANCIENT CHINESE
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COULDN'T HAVE USED MOLDS
FOR THE WARRIORS' TORSOS
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BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
HAVE PLASTER.
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INSTEAD, THEY MUST HAVE
USED A MUCH SIMPLER METHOD
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MORE COMMONLY USED
FOR BUILDING POTS.
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MASTER HAN SHOWS WILLIAM
PICTURES
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THAT REVEAL HOW THE CRAFTSMEN
IN THE FIRST EMPEROR'S REIGN
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BUILT THE SOLDIERS.
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00:21:54,466 --> 00:21:55,732
Lindesay:
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE,
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YOU CAN SEE
THESE LAYERS OF COILS.
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EACH ONE IS ABOUT
AN INCH AND A HALF IN HEIGHT,
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00:22:03,108 --> 00:22:06,275
AND IT'S CLEAR THAT
THE BODY OF THE TORSO
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WAS BUILT UP IN THAT MANNER
UP TO SHOULDER LEVEL.
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Narrator: THEY BUILD UP
THE WARRIOR'S TORSO,
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JUST AS THE ANCIENT CHINESE DID.
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00:22:17,689 --> 00:22:19,889
WE'VE GOT TO WAIT NOW,
UNTIL IT DRIES.
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00:22:19,891 --> 00:22:21,691
IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE,
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THE BURDEN OF THE CLAY
WOULD BASICALLY MAKE IT SLUMP.
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00:22:27,432 --> 00:22:32,568
SO THE METHOD HERE IS
DO A BIT, WAIT A LONG TIME.
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Narrator:
MAKING EACH SOLDIER WITH
COILED CLAY WAS A SLOW PROCESS.
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A FACTORY LINE CREATED HUNDREDS
OF LEGS ON SPINNING LATHES.
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ANOTHER TEAM COILED THE ARMS,
AND ANOTHER MADE THE HEADS.
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¶¶
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THE CRAFTSMEN COILED CLAY
INTO A HOLLOW TORSO
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AND CARVED INTRICATE
DETAILS BY HAND.
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¶¶
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THEN WORKERS BAKED
THE BODY PARTS IN A KILN
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AT NEARLY
2,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT,
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STANDING THE HEAVY TORSOS
UPSIDE DOWN
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SO THEY DIDN'T TOPPLE OVER.
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00:23:16,381 --> 00:23:19,649
FINALLY, WORKERS
ASSEMBLED THE PIECES,
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LACQUERED AND PAINTED
THE FIGURES,
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AND THE SOLDIERS
WERE READY FOR BATTLE.
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00:23:24,422 --> 00:23:27,156
¶¶
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INCREDIBLY, THE ANCIENT
CHINESE CRAFTSMEN
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WHO MADE THESE LIFELIKE STATUES
STARTED OUT AS POTTERS
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WHO MADE TERRACOTTA
BUILDING MATERIALS.
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¶¶
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BUT WILLIAM'S CONVINCED
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THEY WERE TRANSFORMED
INTO FINE ARTISTS
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00:23:43,241 --> 00:23:46,742
BY THE THREAT
OF EXTREME VIOLENCE.
387
00:23:46,744 --> 00:23:49,946
THE EVIDENCE FOR THIS CAN BE
FOUND IN THE MAKERS' MARKS
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00:23:49,948 --> 00:23:53,716
STAMPED ON EACH CLAY WARRIOR.
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00:23:53,718 --> 00:23:58,521
Lindesay:
THE PURPOSE OF THESE CHARACTERS
WAS TO ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY
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FOR THE QUALITY
OF WORKMANSHIP.
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00:24:00,792 --> 00:24:04,460
THEY WERE USEFUL, PERHAPS,
IF ANY WORK WAS SUBSTANDARD.
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00:24:04,462 --> 00:24:08,798
IF ANY EXPRESSION ON
A WARRIOR'S FACE WAS NOT LIKED,
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THE INSPECTORS OF THE WARRIORS
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00:24:11,102 --> 00:24:14,503
COULD EASILY TRACE BACK
TO THE WORKSHOP
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00:24:14,505 --> 00:24:18,841
AND METE OUT WHATEVER
PUNISHMENT THEY LIKED.
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00:24:18,843 --> 00:24:20,376
Narrator:
WILLIAM HAS MORE EVIDENCE
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00:24:20,378 --> 00:24:24,714
THAT SHOWS JUST HOW RUTHLESS
THE FIRST EMPEROR COULD BE.
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00:24:24,716 --> 00:24:27,350
Lindesay:
JUST BESIDE HIS BURIAL MOUND,
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00:24:27,352 --> 00:24:32,054
A GRAVEYARD OF SHALLOW PITS
HAS BEEN FOUND,
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00:24:32,056 --> 00:24:37,260
AND IT'S FULL OF SKELETONS --
SKULLS, RIBS, LIMBS.
401
00:24:37,262 --> 00:24:39,695
I CAN SEE EVERYTHING HERE --
EVEN TEETH.
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00:24:39,697 --> 00:24:41,764
VERY, VERY GRUESOME IMAGES
403
00:24:41,766 --> 00:24:46,102
THAT SHOW US,
ONCE THE BURIAL MOUND WAS BUILT,
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00:24:46,104 --> 00:24:48,738
THE WORKERS WERE CAST
INTO THE PITS --
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00:24:48,740 --> 00:24:51,207
PERHAPS BURIED ALIVE.
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00:24:51,209 --> 00:24:53,209
Narrator:
CHINA'S HISTORIES TELL US
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00:24:53,211 --> 00:24:55,544
THAT THE FIRST EMPEROR'S
TERRIFYING REGIME
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00:24:55,546 --> 00:24:59,348
BURIED ALIVE
NOT ONLY SLAVE LABORERS,
409
00:24:59,350 --> 00:25:02,351
BUT SCHOLARS, TOO.
410
00:25:02,353 --> 00:25:06,622
HIS MINISTERS ORDERED
THE BURNING OF BOOKS.
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00:25:06,624 --> 00:25:11,861
UNDER THE FIRST EMPEROR,
CHINA WAS A TOTALITARIAN STATE.
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00:25:11,863 --> 00:25:15,331
THE FIRST EMPEROR METED OUT
COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT,
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00:25:15,333 --> 00:25:18,768
WHICH MEANS IF
ONE PERSON FOULS UP,
414
00:25:18,770 --> 00:25:21,003
ANY POOR WORK SUBMITTED,
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00:25:21,005 --> 00:25:25,641
THE WHOLE WORKFORCE
WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT TO DEATH.
416
00:25:25,643 --> 00:25:28,778
Narrator: BY ENFORCING SUCH
EXTREME CONDITIONS,
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00:25:28,780 --> 00:25:30,413
THE FIRST EMPEROR ENSURED
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00:25:30,415 --> 00:25:32,348
THAT THE WARRIORS
THE WORKSHOPS PRODUCED
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00:25:32,350 --> 00:25:35,651
WERE FAULTLESS
AND READY TO FACE ANY ENEMY.
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00:25:35,653 --> 00:25:39,455
¶¶
421
00:25:39,457 --> 00:25:42,058
BUT WHAT FRIGHTENED HIM
SO MUCH?
422
00:25:42,060 --> 00:25:45,394
AND WHO WAS HE
EXPECTING TO FIGHT?
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00:25:50,102 --> 00:25:54,638
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00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,275
Narrator:
CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR BUILT
A LIFE-SIZE REPLICA ARMY
425
00:25:58,277 --> 00:26:03,480
TO STAND GUARD
OVER HIS VAST MAUSOLEUM COMPLEX.
426
00:26:03,482 --> 00:26:05,649
BUT WERE THESE
TERRACOTTA WARRIORS
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00:26:05,651 --> 00:26:09,386
JUST VERY CONVINCING
TOY SOLDIERS?
428
00:26:09,388 --> 00:26:13,323
OR WERE THEY REALLY
EXPECTED TO FIGHT?
429
00:26:13,325 --> 00:26:16,326
WHEN WE SEE
THE TERRACOTTA WARRIORS,
430
00:26:16,328 --> 00:26:19,529
WE DON'T SEE ANY
WEAPONS IN THEIR HANDS
431
00:26:19,531 --> 00:26:23,166
BECAUSE THE WEAPONS
WERE ALL FOUND ON THE GROUND,
432
00:26:23,168 --> 00:26:25,469
AND THEY'RE NOW
IN THE MUSEUMS.
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00:26:25,471 --> 00:26:27,871
Narrator: WILLIAM LINDESAY HAS
SPECIAL PERMISSION
434
00:26:27,873 --> 00:26:31,742
TO INSPECT SOME OF THE
2,200-YEAR-OLD WEAPONS
435
00:26:31,744 --> 00:26:34,544
UNEARTHED ALONGSIDE
THE WARRIORS.
436
00:26:34,546 --> 00:26:39,750
Lindesay: THE GEM HERE IS THIS
MAGNIFICENT BRONZE SWORD.
437
00:26:39,752 --> 00:26:46,723
THE PROFILE OF THE BLADE,
THE SHARPNESS IN THE LETHAL TIP
438
00:26:46,725 --> 00:26:52,295
WOULD HAVE BEEN
PLUNGED THROUGH ARMOR.
439
00:26:52,297 --> 00:26:54,931
Narrator:
THE WARRIORS' WEAPONS WERE REAL,
440
00:26:54,933 --> 00:26:58,735
BUT WHO WERE
THEY GOING TO FIGHT?
441
00:26:58,737 --> 00:27:01,505
PROFESSOR ZHANG WEIXING
IS WORKING AT A PIT
442
00:27:01,507 --> 00:27:05,275
IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST
OF THE BURIAL MOUND.
443
00:27:05,277 --> 00:27:07,010
THE FLOOR OF THE PIT
IS COVERED
444
00:27:07,012 --> 00:27:11,281
IN THOUSANDS
OF MYSTERIOUS STONE SQUARES.
445
00:27:11,283 --> 00:27:13,583
PROFESSOR ZHANG BELIEVES
THAT THEY'RE A CLUE
446
00:27:13,585 --> 00:27:17,220
TO THE WARRIORS' POTENTIAL FOE.
447
00:27:17,222 --> 00:27:19,823
HIS TEAM IS PICKING
UP THE PIECES.
448
00:27:30,102 --> 00:27:31,935
THE PIECES ARE JUMBLED TOGETHER
449
00:27:31,937 --> 00:27:34,971
LIKE A JIGSAW
TIPPED OUT OF ITS BOX.
450
00:27:34,973 --> 00:27:37,641
BUT UNLIKE THE BRONZE WEAPONS,
451
00:27:37,643 --> 00:27:41,812
THIS MATERIAL IS LIKE NOTHING
USED BY A REAL-LIFE ARMY.
452
00:27:56,061 --> 00:28:01,465
¶¶
453
00:28:01,467 --> 00:28:04,067
PIECING TOGETHER
THE SHARDS OF STONE...
454
00:28:07,339 --> 00:28:10,974
...TRANSFORMS THE FRAGMENTS
INTO A VEST OF ARMOR.
455
00:28:10,976 --> 00:28:13,543
¶¶
456
00:28:13,545 --> 00:28:17,681
MORE THAN 600 PIECES...
457
00:28:17,683 --> 00:28:21,751
ARE FASTENED TOGETHER
WITH BRONZE WIRES.
458
00:28:21,753 --> 00:28:25,755
EACH PIECE IS JUST
1/10 INCH THICK...
459
00:28:27,659 --> 00:28:30,227
...AND WOULD SHATTER
UNDER A HARD BLOW.
460
00:28:32,164 --> 00:28:34,798
IF THIS SUIT WERE MADE
FOR A LIVING ARMY,
461
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,201
IT WOULD BE MADE OF LEATHER.
462
00:28:38,203 --> 00:28:40,670
SO WHY IS IT MADE OF STONE?
463
00:28:40,672 --> 00:28:44,174
¶¶
464
00:29:01,260 --> 00:29:03,326
THIS SUIT OF STONE ARMOR
465
00:29:03,328 --> 00:29:08,465
TOOK PROFESSOR ZHANG'S TEAM
SIX MONTHS TO PIECE TOGETHER.
466
00:29:08,467 --> 00:29:11,268
AND PROFESSOR ZHANG BELIEVES
HE'S CRACKED THE RIDDLE
467
00:29:11,270 --> 00:29:13,603
OF ITS SURPRISING
BUILDING MATERIAL.
468
00:29:34,826 --> 00:29:37,961
THE STONE ARMOR WAS DESIGNED
TO OFFER PROTECTION
469
00:29:37,963 --> 00:29:42,199
AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS
IN THE AFTERLIFE --
470
00:29:42,201 --> 00:29:44,434
BECAUSE THE EMPEROR
HAD GOOD REASON
471
00:29:44,436 --> 00:29:47,404
TO BE FEARFUL
OF VENGEFUL GHOSTS.
472
00:29:49,741 --> 00:29:51,875
IN HIS LIFETIME,
THE FIRST EMPEROR
473
00:29:51,877 --> 00:29:55,879
INVADED SIX NEIGHBORING STATES
TO UNIFY CHINA,
474
00:29:55,881 --> 00:30:00,083
AND HE MADE MANY ENEMIES
WHO WANTED HIM DEAD.
475
00:30:00,085 --> 00:30:01,284
ONE ASSASSIN ATTACKED HIM
476
00:30:01,286 --> 00:30:04,721
WITH A POISON DAGGER
WRAPPED IN A MAP,
477
00:30:04,723 --> 00:30:07,224
ONE WITH A METAL-ENDED LUTE,
478
00:30:07,226 --> 00:30:11,561
AND ANOTHER DROPPED A METAL CONE
ON HIS TRAVELING CARRIAGE.
479
00:30:11,563 --> 00:30:13,997
THEY ALL FAILED,
BUT THE FIRST EMPEROR
480
00:30:13,999 --> 00:30:17,000
WAS AFRAID OF SIMILAR ATTACKS
WHEN DEAD,
481
00:30:17,002 --> 00:30:19,703
SO HE PROVIDED
SUITS OF STONE ARMOR
482
00:30:19,705 --> 00:30:22,872
FOR THE SPIRITS
OF HIS FALLEN COMRADES.
483
00:30:22,874 --> 00:30:26,476
THESE GHOSTS COULD FIGHT
ALONGSIDE THE TERRACOTTA ARMY
484
00:30:26,478 --> 00:30:28,378
IN A BATTLE OF THE DEAD.
485
00:30:28,380 --> 00:30:31,114
¶¶
486
00:30:31,116 --> 00:30:34,584
THE COMBINED FORCES OF
THE FIRST EMPEROR'S SPIRIT ARMY
487
00:30:34,586 --> 00:30:36,553
WERE EXPECTED
TO DEFEND THE UNIVERSE
488
00:30:36,555 --> 00:30:39,389
HE WOULD RULE IN THE AFTERLIFE.
489
00:30:39,391 --> 00:30:42,025
BUT WHAT TREASURES DID
THE FIRST EMPEROR TAKE WITH HIM
490
00:30:42,027 --> 00:30:44,027
WHEN HE DIED?
491
00:30:44,029 --> 00:30:46,029
THE AMAZING THING
ABOUT THIS CHARIOT IS,
492
00:30:46,031 --> 00:30:51,568
IF IT WAS PULLED,
THE MOVING PARTS WOULD ROTATE.
493
00:30:51,570 --> 00:30:56,373
IT'S SUCH A BRILLIANT
PIECE OF ART.
494
00:30:56,375 --> 00:30:57,807
Narrator:
THE TERRACOTTA WARRIORS
495
00:30:57,809 --> 00:31:02,746
STAND GUARD OVER A UNIVERSE
OF ARTISTIC BRILLIANCE.
496
00:31:02,748 --> 00:31:07,684
Lindesay:
THE SURFACE OF THE HORSES
AND THE DETAIL ON THE CHARIOT
497
00:31:07,686 --> 00:31:10,287
IS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING.
498
00:31:10,289 --> 00:31:16,626
THE SLEEVES OF THE CHARIOTEER -
YOU CAN SEE THE CREASES THERE.
499
00:31:16,628 --> 00:31:20,930
THEY LOOK ALMOST REALISTIC,
BUT THEY'RE MADE IN BRONZE.
500
00:31:20,932 --> 00:31:24,100
IT REALLY IS A MASTERPIECE.
501
00:31:24,102 --> 00:31:26,870
Narrator: WILLIAM BELIEVES
THE LEVEL OF ARTISTRY ACHIEVED
502
00:31:26,872 --> 00:31:30,674
BY THE FIRST EMPEROR'S CRAFTSMEN
CREATED A CALM OASIS
503
00:31:30,676 --> 00:31:34,678
IN THE FIRST EMPEROR'S
HELLISH WORLD.
504
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:40,050
Lindesay:
THE EMPEROR IS TAKING EVERYTHING
HE EXPERIENCED IN HIS LIFE
505
00:31:40,052 --> 00:31:42,152
TO THE UNDERWORLD WITH HIM.
506
00:31:42,154 --> 00:31:44,988
THE BEAUTY, THE MAGNIFICENCE
OF THIS CHARIOT,
507
00:31:44,990 --> 00:31:48,658
AND THE DRAMA OF THOSE ACROBATS,
508
00:31:48,660 --> 00:31:51,695
I THINK THEY'RE JUST A HINT
OF THE GLORIOUS THINGS
509
00:31:51,697 --> 00:31:54,798
THAT MUST LIE
IN THE UNDERGROUND PALACE
510
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,199
OF THE FIRST EMPEROR,
511
00:31:56,201 --> 00:31:58,868
AND THAT'S A PHENOMENALLY
EXCITING PROSPECT
512
00:31:58,870 --> 00:32:01,905
FOR THE FUTURE.
513
00:32:01,907 --> 00:32:04,908
Narrator: THE FIRST EMPEROR
IMAGINED A LIFE AFTER DEATH
514
00:32:04,910 --> 00:32:08,912
OF MILITARY MIGHT
AND ARTISTIC GENIUS.
515
00:32:08,914 --> 00:32:12,882
BUT WHEN HE DIED, WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE WORLD HE LEFT BEHIND?
516
00:32:12,884 --> 00:32:15,118
¶¶
517
00:32:22,391 --> 00:32:27,094
Narrator:
THE FIRST EMPEROR WAS BURIED
IN A MAGNIFICENT MAUSOLEUM
518
00:32:27,096 --> 00:32:31,398
AND PROTECTED BY THOUSANDS
OF TERRACOTTA WARRIORS.
519
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,500
BUT ARCHAEOLOGISTS
HAVE DISCOVERED MORE
520
00:32:33,502 --> 00:32:38,038
THAN JUST PEOPLE MADE FROM CLAY
IN THE VICINITY OF HIS TOMB.
521
00:32:50,986 --> 00:32:55,522
ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED
99 PITS SEALED UNDERGROUND.
522
00:32:57,359 --> 00:33:00,594
THEY CONTAIN DARK SECRETS.
523
00:33:00,596 --> 00:33:04,264
SURPRISINGLY, THE BURIAL
CHAMBERS ARE EMPTY.
524
00:33:04,266 --> 00:33:07,468
BUT BETWEEN
THE ENTRANCE DOORWAYS,
525
00:33:07,470 --> 00:33:12,473
DISMEMBERED HUMAN BONES LIE
SCATTERED ACROSS THE GROUND.
526
00:33:14,443 --> 00:33:17,811
SOMEBODY THREW THE BODY PARTS
INTO THE TOMB PASSAGEWAYS
527
00:33:17,813 --> 00:33:19,246
WITHOUT CEREMONY.
528
00:33:19,248 --> 00:33:21,782
¶¶
529
00:33:21,784 --> 00:33:23,450
WHOSE BONES ARE THEY?
530
00:33:25,287 --> 00:33:27,121
AND WHY ARE THEY HERE?
531
00:33:27,123 --> 00:33:32,826
¶¶
532
00:33:32,828 --> 00:33:35,562
DR. ZHU SIHONG IS
AN ARCHAEOLOGIST
533
00:33:35,564 --> 00:33:38,632
AT THE MAUSOLEUM MUSEUM.
534
00:33:38,634 --> 00:33:40,100
HE'S LOOKING FOR CLUES
535
00:33:40,102 --> 00:33:44,471
THAT MIGHT REVEAL
WHO THE BONES BELONG TO.
536
00:33:44,473 --> 00:33:46,640
THE HISTORY OF
THE FIRST EMPEROR,
537
00:33:46,642 --> 00:33:49,409
WRITTEN 100 YEARS
AFTER HIS DEATH,
538
00:33:49,411 --> 00:33:53,080
DESCRIBES THOSE BURIED
ALONGSIDE HIM IN HIS TOMB.
539
00:34:11,767 --> 00:34:14,168
THE EMPEROR HAD MANY MISTRESSES,
540
00:34:14,170 --> 00:34:17,271
AND LEGEND HAS IT THAT
SOME WERE MURDERED.
541
00:34:17,273 --> 00:34:19,706
COULD THESE BE THEIR BONES?
542
00:34:31,153 --> 00:34:34,054
DR. ZHU KNOWS
THE SEX OF THE SKELETON.
543
00:34:40,930 --> 00:34:42,863
LYING ALONGSIDE THE BONES,
544
00:34:42,865 --> 00:34:48,468
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTHED ANOTHER
CRUCIAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE --
545
00:34:48,470 --> 00:34:52,206
THE MOST ANCIENT PEARLS
EVER FOUND IN CHINA.
546
00:34:59,181 --> 00:35:03,650
DR. ZHU BELIEVES THE BONES
AND PEARLS BACK UP THE STORY
547
00:35:03,652 --> 00:35:06,053
THAT THE FIRST EMPEROR'S SON,
HUHAI,
548
00:35:06,055 --> 00:35:08,689
MURDERED
HIS FATHER'S MISTRESSES.
549
00:35:08,691 --> 00:35:11,558
¶¶
550
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,195
BUT HUHAI'S RULE WAS ROCKED
BY POLITICAL STRIFE.
551
00:35:30,412 --> 00:35:33,280
IN THE MAIN PIT, WILLIAM IS
LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE
552
00:35:33,282 --> 00:35:37,217
OF THIS VICIOUS END
TO THE EMPIRE.
553
00:35:37,219 --> 00:35:40,554
SEE THIS WARRIOR, HERE, THIS
COLOR IS NOT THE ORIGINAL COLOR.
554
00:35:40,556 --> 00:35:44,224
NO, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL COLOR,
AND THIS HAS BEEN BURNED,
555
00:35:44,226 --> 00:35:46,226
AND IT GIVES US A CLUE
556
00:35:46,228 --> 00:35:50,631
OF HOW THE EMPEROR'S DREAM
OF HIS DYNASTY,
557
00:35:50,633 --> 00:35:54,167
HIS EMPIRE LASTING
FOR 10,000 GENERATIONS,
558
00:35:54,169 --> 00:35:56,370
CAME TO A VERY SUDDEN END.
559
00:35:56,372 --> 00:36:01,208
WITHIN A DECADE OF HIS DEATH,
THE DYNASTY WAS OVERTHROWN.
560
00:36:01,210 --> 00:36:03,911
Narrator: WILLIAM BELIEVES
THE SCORCH MARKS ARE EVIDENCE
561
00:36:03,913 --> 00:36:06,380
THAT REBELS
OVERTHREW THE EMPIRE
562
00:36:06,382 --> 00:36:10,183
AND TOMB RAIDERS RANSACKED
THE TERRACOTTA WARRIORS.
563
00:36:10,185 --> 00:36:12,286
Lindesay: THE REBELS ENTERED
THOSE TUNNELS,
564
00:36:12,288 --> 00:36:15,522
SET FIRE TO THE CHAMBERS,
565
00:36:15,524 --> 00:36:18,025
AND CAUSED THE WHOLE THING
TO COLLAPSE.
566
00:36:20,362 --> 00:36:23,096
Narrator: THE REBELS
WHO OVERRAN THE EMPIRE
567
00:36:23,098 --> 00:36:26,033
DESTROYED AS MUCH OF
THE FIRST EMPEROR'S MAUSOLEUM
568
00:36:26,035 --> 00:36:28,402
AS THEY COULD.
569
00:36:28,404 --> 00:36:30,137
BUT ARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE
570
00:36:30,139 --> 00:36:33,840
THAT THE FIRST EMPEROR'S TOMB
WAS UNTOUCHED.
571
00:36:33,842 --> 00:36:38,111
AFTER 2,200 YEARS BURIED
BENEATH THE GROUND,
572
00:36:38,113 --> 00:36:41,415
COULD THERE BE ANYTHING
LEFT OF HIS BODY?
573
00:36:48,811 --> 00:36:51,245
Narrator: THE DISCOVERY OF
THE TERRACOTTA ARMY
574
00:36:51,247 --> 00:36:53,214
HAS TRANSFORMED
OUR UNDERSTANDING
575
00:36:53,216 --> 00:36:56,684
OF THE MAN WHO UNIFIED CHINA.
576
00:36:56,686 --> 00:37:00,021
BUT ARCHAEOLOGISTS STILL HAVE
COUNTLESS UNKNOWN PITS
577
00:37:00,023 --> 00:37:03,591
AND HIDDEN TOMBS TO UNEARTH.
578
00:37:03,593 --> 00:37:08,362
WHAT TREASURES MIGHT THE NEXT
40 YEARS OF EXCAVATIONS FIND?
579
00:37:08,364 --> 00:37:11,065
WILLIAM LINDESAY BELIEVES
THE GREATEST SURPRISE OF ALL
580
00:37:11,067 --> 00:37:14,769
MAY LIE INSIDE
THE FIRST EMPEROR'S COFFIN.
581
00:37:14,771 --> 00:37:19,006
JADE WAS PRIZED EVEN
MORE HIGHLY THAN GOLD,
582
00:37:19,008 --> 00:37:23,878
AND THE CHINESE BELIEVED
IT HAD MAGICAL PROPERTIES.
583
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:28,716
Narrator: THIS IS THE DEATH SUIT
OF LIU WU, A CHINESE PRINCE
584
00:37:28,718 --> 00:37:33,387
WHO DIED JUST 66 YEARS
AFTER THE FIRST EMPEROR.
585
00:37:33,389 --> 00:37:35,656
HIS EXTRAORDINARY BURIAL SUIT
586
00:37:35,658 --> 00:37:39,960
IS MADE OF OVER 2,000
INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF JADE --
587
00:37:39,962 --> 00:37:44,031
A GREEN STONE
TREASURED BY THE CHINESE.
588
00:37:44,033 --> 00:37:47,368
THE FIRST EMPEROR WAS ON A
CONSTANT SEARCH FOR IMMORTALITY,
589
00:37:47,370 --> 00:37:51,238
AND ALL HIS SUCCESSORS
INHERITED THE SAME OBSESSION.
590
00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:55,443
Narrator:
TO THE ANCIENT CHINESE,
LIFE AFTER DEATH WAS POSSIBLE,
591
00:37:55,445 --> 00:37:59,313
BUT ONLY IF YOU TOOK
THE RIGHT PRECAUTIONS.
592
00:37:59,315 --> 00:38:00,781
THE KEY WAS TO ENSURE
593
00:38:00,783 --> 00:38:04,251
THAT A DEAD PERSON'S SPIRIT
DIDN'T PERISH.
594
00:38:04,253 --> 00:38:08,289
THIS MATERIAL HAD THE PROPERTY
OF PRESERVING
595
00:38:08,291 --> 00:38:12,660
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART
OF THE HUMAN BEING,
596
00:38:12,662 --> 00:38:14,428
AND WITHOUT PRESERVATION
OF THE SOUL,
597
00:38:14,430 --> 00:38:18,299
THERE WOULD BE NO HOPE
OF EVERLASTING LIFE.
598
00:38:18,301 --> 00:38:20,901
I THINK THIS GIVES US
A POSSIBLE CLUE,
599
00:38:20,903 --> 00:38:23,204
A VISION OF WHAT MIGHT BE
600
00:38:23,206 --> 00:38:26,240
AT THE CORE OF
THE FIRST EMPEROR'S TOMB.
601
00:38:26,242 --> 00:38:30,511
IF WE LOOK AT HOW THE CHINESE
RESPECTED AND REVERED JADE,
602
00:38:30,513 --> 00:38:34,782
I DON'T THINK WE CAN EXPECT
THE FIRST EMPEROR'S BODY
603
00:38:34,784 --> 00:38:38,853
TO BE IN ANY OTHER MATERIAL.
604
00:38:38,855 --> 00:38:40,688
Narrator:
TO ATTAIN IMMORTALITY,
605
00:38:40,690 --> 00:38:44,391
IT WAS ALSO CRUCIAL
THAT THE DEAD BODY DIDN'T DECAY.
606
00:38:44,393 --> 00:38:47,461
THAT WAY, THE SPIRIT
WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A HOME.
607
00:38:49,098 --> 00:38:52,266
THIS MUMMIFIED BODY
OF A CHINESE NOBLEWOMAN
608
00:38:52,268 --> 00:38:55,436
WHO DIED JUST 50 YEARS
AFTER THE FIRST EMPEROR
609
00:38:55,438 --> 00:38:57,071
GIVES US ANOTHER CLUE
610
00:38:57,073 --> 00:39:01,475
TO WHAT MIGHT LIE INSIDE
THE FIRST EMPEROR'S TOMB.
611
00:39:01,477 --> 00:39:03,878
TO PRESERVE HER BODY
FOR MILLENNIA,
612
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:08,382
UNDERTAKERS WRAPPED HER
IN 20 LAYERS OF SILK,
613
00:39:08,384 --> 00:39:11,118
SECURED WITH NINE SILK RIBBONS.
614
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,654
¶¶
615
00:39:13,656 --> 00:39:15,956
THEY FILLED HER COFFIN
WITH 20 GALLONS
616
00:39:15,958 --> 00:39:18,559
OF A MYSTERY ACIDIC LIQUID,
617
00:39:18,561 --> 00:39:20,127
SEALED IT WITH LACQUER,
618
00:39:20,129 --> 00:39:24,865
THEN PLACED THE COFFIN
INSIDE THREE OTHERS.
619
00:39:24,867 --> 00:39:29,036
THEY LOWERED THE COFFINS
50 FEET INTO A VAULT,
620
00:39:29,038 --> 00:39:31,605
WHERE THE DEPTH KEPT
THE BODY COOL.
621
00:39:33,442 --> 00:39:35,009
THEN THEY PACKED THE VAULT
622
00:39:35,011 --> 00:39:38,078
WITH 5 TONS
OF MOISTURE-ABSORBING CHARCOAL
623
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,182
AND SEALED HER IN
BENEATH 3 FEET OF CLAY,
624
00:39:41,184 --> 00:39:45,352
CREATING AN AIRTIGHT SEAL
SO HER BODY WOULD NEVER DECAY.
625
00:39:47,657 --> 00:39:51,091
Lindesay: I THINK, EVENTUALLY,
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER,
626
00:39:51,093 --> 00:39:55,629
THE TOMB WILL BE EXPLORED.
AND WHEN THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS
627
00:39:55,631 --> 00:39:58,632
GO INTO THE TOMB
OF THE FIRST EMPEROR,
628
00:39:58,634 --> 00:40:01,802
WE MAY FIND A MUMMIFIED BODY.
629
00:40:01,804 --> 00:40:04,638
¶¶
630
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,207
Narrator: THE TERRACOTTA ARMY
631
00:40:06,209 --> 00:40:08,809
WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
632
00:40:08,811 --> 00:40:10,678
OF THE 20th CENTURY.
633
00:40:12,548 --> 00:40:16,250
AND INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE
TO UNEARTH NEW MYSTERIES.
634
00:40:37,607 --> 00:40:41,976
Lindesay:
I THINK IF I WAS TO COME BACK
HERE IN 100 YEARS' TIME,
635
00:40:41,978 --> 00:40:45,246
I WOULD REALIZE
THAT WHAT I'VE SEEN TODAY
636
00:40:45,248 --> 00:40:47,781
IS REALLY JUST
THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
637
00:40:47,783 --> 00:40:52,486
IT'S THE BEGINNING OF
AN EVEN MORE AMAZING STORY.
638
00:40:52,488 --> 00:40:55,189
Narrator: CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR
FORGED AN EMPIRE
639
00:40:55,191 --> 00:40:58,559
THROUGH MILITARY GENIUS
AND TYRANNICAL RULE.
640
00:40:58,561 --> 00:41:01,095
¶¶
641
00:41:01,097 --> 00:41:03,197
HE BUILT A TERRACOTTA ARMY
642
00:41:03,199 --> 00:41:07,835
TO FIGHT THE VANQUISHED SPIRITS
OF HIS DEFEATED ENEMIES
643
00:41:07,837 --> 00:41:11,405
AND TO DEFEND A MAGICAL TOMB.
644
00:41:11,407 --> 00:41:13,374
BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE...
645
00:41:13,376 --> 00:41:15,643
EXQUISITE METALWORK...
646
00:41:15,645 --> 00:41:19,847
AND ENGINEERING
ON AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE --
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COMBINED TO CREATE
THE ULTIMATE CITY OF THE DEAD
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AND A UNIVERSE THE FIRST EMPEROR
COULD RULE FOREVER.
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00:41:27,957 --> 00:41:37,965
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00:41:47,977 --> 00:41:57,985
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00:41:57,987 --> 00:42:01,388
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