Photos tagged as xi'an

Ongoing work at the Terracotta Army site - with body bags!

(I find body bags just creepy on an archaeology site!)

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: sightseeing xi'an
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Ongoing work at the Terracotta Army site

Since its discovery in 1974, there has been continuous research at the site of the Terracotta Army - an archaeologist's dream surely!

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: sightseeing xi'an
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Terracotta Army pit 1 - ATTENTION

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Terracotta Army pit 1

The biggest pit of them all. Each soldier famously has different facial features and expressions to create the most life-like terracotta army possible.

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: sightseeing xi'an
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Terracotta Warriors - original colours

This is why pit 2 is completely covered up - perhaps they anticipate a future technology where the original colours of the Terracotta Army can be preserved permanently in a way that we can view them.

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: sightseeing xi'an
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Terracotta Army pit 2 - garrisons

You can clearly see the divisions

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: sightseeing xi'an
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Terracotta Army pit 2

Covered up to preserve the colours

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Terracotta Kung Fu Master

He looks like such a badass

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Individual guy and his terracotta horse

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Broken pieces of the Terracotta warriors

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Terracotta Army pit 3

(Smallest pit)

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Hot springs...what a disappointment!

Uhuh.

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Hot springs..well, hot water.

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Terracotta soldier workshop

Tourism industry in action.

• Date: 4 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
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Big Goose Pagoda from a distance

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: night sightseeing xi'an
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Big Goose Pagoda close up

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: night sightseeing xi'an
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Big Pagoda close up

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Temple near the Big Goose Pagoda at night

Scott and Katie can be picked out.

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: night temple sightseeing xi'an
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Dusk over Xi'an

Taken from up on the Big Goose Pagoda

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: sunsets_and_sunrises sightseeing xi'an
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Big Pagoda grounds at sunset

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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Big Goose Pagoda

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
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...and look what he's doing!

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: sightseeing xi'an weird
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Strange fountain near the Little Goose Pagoda...

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
• Location: 长安区, China
• Tags: sightseeing xi'an weird
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City walls 2

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
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City walls 1

• Date: 3 October 2010
• Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
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