Terracotta warriors of China represent one of the great archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Shown here are miniature reproductions (the tallest figure is about 14½" tall) of two of the original 8,000 life-size warriors. The buried army was created at the order of China's first centralized emperor, Shi Huangdi (259-210 B.C.). Over 70,000 laborers worked 36 years to produced the tomb and the figures meant to accompany the ruler in his mausoleum and--supposedly--protect him in the afterlife. (See the Egyptian Ushabti elsewhere in the Skeptiseum.)