10 Most Mysterious Archaeological Discoveries Of All Time

5. Terracotta Army

In 1974, a group of archaeologists in Xian, China made an excavation which became the discovery of the greatest funeral art ever, the Terracotta army. They found thousands of clay soldiers buried near to tomb of emperor Qin Shi Huang. He was the first emperor of China. The clay soldiers were buried with him for the protection from different forces after death. This ancient complex have age of around 2200 years.

The archaeologist also found different weapons along with the sculptures. They were perfectly arranged within different clay corridors.

There are four main pits can be seen inside this archaeological site. Upon them, three pits are filled with terracotta army and weapons and fourth one remains empty. Many parts of complex and tomb of Qin Shi Huang still remains unexcavated.