China?s Terracotta Army is one of the world?s biggest and most important archaeological finds. Row after row of warrior figures, they were part of the tomb complex of China?s first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, pronounced Chin She Hwang Dee. He ruled the Qin Dynasty, China's first unified dynasty, from 221-206 BC. The figures were buried with him after his death 2000 years ago, to protect him from his enemies in the afterlife. Qui was a megalomaniac who became obsessed with finding an elixir that would give him eternal life. The next best thing was to be all-powerful in the afterlife, and he was apparently convinced that the way to do this was to surround him with perfect, baked clay models of the soldiers, officials, servants and entertainers that he would need once he had died.

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